Sirach 30:17

ASV Byzantine Text

Death is better than a bitter life, And eternal rest than a continual sickness.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Dueknah he tah citcai neh hing lakah, Kumhal duemnah he tloh neh ngoicaemnah lakah then.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Melior est mors quam vita amara, et requies æterna quam languor perseverans.

Brenton English Septuagint

Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Beter de dood dan een bitter leven, Beter eeuwige rust dan voortdurend leed.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Better is death than a bitter life: and everlasting rest, than continual sickness.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Death is better than a bitter life Or continual sickness.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.

British English Septuagint 2012

Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.

Revised Version

Death is better than a bitter life, And eternal rest than a continual sickness.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

La mort vaut mieux qu'une vie amère, et le repos éternel qu'une maladie continuelle.

Spanish BLL

La muerte es mejor que una vida amarga, y el descanso eterno que una enfermedad continua.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

La muerte es mejor que una vida amarga, y el descanso eterno que una enfermedad continua.

Croatian Bible

Bolja je smrt nego gorak život i počinak vječni nego trajna bolest.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Death is better than a bitter life Or continual sickness.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest than a continual sickness.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest than a continual sickness.

World English Bible Classic

Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest than a continual sickness.

World English Bible Updated

Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest than a continual sickness.

SEPTUAGINTA

κρείσσων θάνατος ὑπὲρ ζωὴν πικρὰν καὶ ἀνάπαυσις αἰῶνος ἢ ἀρρώστημα ἔμμονον.

Brenton Septuagint

Κρείσσων θάνατος ὑπὲρ ζωὴν πικρὰν, ἢ ἀῤῥώστημα ἔμμονον.

Mashi Bible

Olufù lwo lukulu aha kalamo k’omutula, obuluhûke bw’ensiku n’amango bwo bwinjà aha ndwâla erhafuma.

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