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LXX2012

Sirach 37:11

Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; neither with a coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the slothful for any work; nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business: listen not to these in any matter of counsel.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; neither with a coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the slothful for any work; nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business: hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; neither with a coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the slothful for any work; nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business: hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Don’t consult with a woman about her rival, with a coward about war, with a merchant about business, with a buyer about selling, with an envious man about thankfulness, with an unmerciful man about kindliness, with a sluggard about any kind of work, with a hireling in your house about finishing his work, or with an idle servant about much business. Pay no attention to these in any matter of counsel.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
[Aske no counsel for religion of him, that is without religion, nor of iustice, of him that hathe no iustice,] nor of a woman touching her of whome she is ielous, nor of a cowarde in matters of warre, nor of a marchant concerning exchange, nor of a bier for the sale, nor of an enuious man touching thankefulnes, nor of the vnmerciful touching kindenes, [nor of an vnhonest man of honestie,] nor of the slothful for anie labour, nor of an hireling for the finishing of a worke, nor of an idle seruant for muche busines: hearken not vnto these in anie matter of counsel.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha