Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
GNV1560

Sirach 40:28

My sonne, lead not a beggers life: for better it were to dye then to begge.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
My son, lead not a beggar’s life; for better it is to die than to beg.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life. It is better to die than to beg.
World English Bible