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LXX2012

Sirach 11:10

My son, meddle not with many matters: for if you meddle much, you shall not be innocent; and if you follow after, you shall not obtain, neither shall you escape by fleeing.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
My son, meddle not with many matters: for if thou meddle much, thou shalt not be innocent; and if thou follow after, thou shalt not obtain, neither shalt thou escape by fleeing.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
My son, meddle not with many matters: for if thou meddle much, thou shalt not be innocent; and if thou follow after, thou shalt not obtain, neither shalt thou escape by fleeing.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
My son, don’t be busy about many matters; for if you meddle much, you will not be unpunished. If you pursue, you will not overtake, and you will not escape by fleeing.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
My sonne,medle not with many matters: for if thou gaine muche,thou shalt not be blameles, and if thou follow after it, yet shalt thou not atteine it, nether shalt thou escape, thogh thou flee from it.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha