Translation comparison

Sirach 7:9 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 7

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

Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.

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.

8Bind not one sin upon another; for in one thou shalt not be unpunished.

9Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.

10Be not fainthearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to give alms.

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