Sirach 16:3

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Trust not thou in their life, Neither rely on their condition: For one is better than a thousand; And to die childless than to have ungodly children.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Trust not thou in their life, Neither respect their multitude: For one that is just is better than a thousand; And better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Trust not you in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Trust not you in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.

Revised Version ☆

Trust not thou in their life, Neither rely on their condition: For one is better than a thousand; And to die childless than to have ungodly children.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Trust not thou in their life, Neither respect their multitude: For one that is just is better than a thousand; And better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Don’t trust in their life. Don’t rely on their numbers; for one can be better than a thousand, and to die childless than to have ungodly children.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Don’t trust in their life. Don’t rely on their numbers; for one can be better than a thousand, and to die childless than to have ungodly children.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Don’t trust in their life. Don’t rely on their numbers; for one can be better than a thousand, and to die childless than to have ungodly children.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Don’t trust in their life. Don’t rely on their numbers; for one can be better than a thousand, and to die childless than to have ungodly children.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Amih kah thingthuelnah dongah pangtung boel lamtah, a hlangmi dongah khaw hangdang poeh. Pakhat he khaw thawngkhat lakah then thai tih, lailak ca khueh lakah tah cakol la duek he then ngai.

Croatian Bible ☆

Ne računaj na njihov dug život i ne pouzdaj se u njihovu sudbinu, jer više vrijedi jedan nego tisuću i umrijeti bez djece bolje je nego imati potomke bezbožnike.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Heb geen verwachtingen van hun leven, En stel geen vertrouwen in hun toekomst; Want één, die Gods wil doet, is meer waard dan duizend, Beter kinderloos sterven, dan veel slechte kinderen.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ne pas avoir confiance en leur vie. Ne vous fiez pas à leurs chiffres ; car un seul peut être meilleur que mille, et de mourir sans enfant que d'avoir des enfants impies.

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

μὴ ἐμπιστεύσῃς τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν καὶ μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν· κρείσσων γὰρ εἷς ἢ χίλιοι, καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ἄτεκνον ἢ ἔχειν τέκνα ἀσεβῆ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Μὴ ἐμπιστεύσῃς τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν, καὶ μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν· κρείσσων γὰρ εἷς ἢ χίλιοι, καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ἄτεκνον ἢ ἔχειν τέκνα ἀσεβῆ·

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Melior est enim unus timens Deum, quam mille filii impii:

Mashi Bible ☆

Arhalangaâliraga okulama kwâbo, arhalangaâliraga n’enjira balimwo, bulya muguma nkana ye mukulu aha cihumbi, n’aha omuntu akaburha enkola-maligo, akacîfira buzira mwâna.

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Spanish BLL ☆

No confíes en su vida. No te fíes de su cantidad; porque uno puede ser mejor que mil, y es mejor morir sin hijos que tener hijos impíos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

No confíes en su vida. No te fíes de sus números; porque uno puede ser mejor que mil, y morir sin hijos que tener hijos impíos.