Sirach 16:3 — compare Bible translations

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BrLXX Μὴ ἐμπιστεύσῃς τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν, καὶ μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν· κρείσσων γὰρ εἷς ἢ χίλιοι, καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ἄτεκνον ἢ ἔχειν τέκνα ἀσεβῆ·
(Maʸ empisteusaʸs taʸ zōaʸ autōn, kai maʸ epeⱪe epi ton topon autōn; kreissōn gar heis aʸ ⱪilioi, kai apothanein ateknon aʸ eⱪein tekna asebaʸ;)

BrTr Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.

WEBBE Don’t trust in their life.
⇔ Don’t rely on their numbers;
⇔ for one can be better than a thousand,
⇔ and to die childless than to have ungodly children.

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RV Trust not thou in their life,
⇔ Neither rely on their condition:
⇔ For one is better than a thousand;
⇔ And to die childless than to have ungodly children.
(Trust not thou/you in their life,
⇔ Neither rely on their condition:
⇔ For one is better than a thousand;
⇔ And to die childless than to have ungodly children.)

KJB-1769 Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.
(Trust not thou/you in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.)

KJB-1611 Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is iust, is better then a thousand, and better it is to die without children, then to haue them that are vngodly.
(Trust not thou/you in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just, is better then a thousand, and better it is to die without children, then to have them that are ungodly.)

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