Translation comparison

Sirach 44:9 in 1 translation

Every translation here words this verse identically, which is itself worth knowing — there is no interpretive fork to weigh.

Read with nearby context Open chapter 44

Early modern English

Seventeenth-century wording and sentence shape. Familiar, rhythmic, and the version most quotations you have heard are taken from.

King James Version

KJV

And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been; and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them.

1611 / 1769 · Public domain · The Authorised Version, revised to the 1769 Blayney text. Includes the Apocrypha as printed in 1611.

The verses either side

King James text. A comparison is easier to judge when you can see the sentence the verse sits inside.

8There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported.

9And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been; and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them.

10But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten.

Not shown for this verse: American Standard Version, Darby Bible, Young's Literal Translation, World English Bible, Open English Bible (US), Open English Bible (Commonwealth), Bible in Basic English. Most modern translations do not include the Apocrypha.