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.

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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·

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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