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KJV

Sirach 35:20

Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Go not in a way wherein thou mayest fall, and stumble not among the stones.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
WEBView canonical →
Mercy is as welcome in the time of his affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought.
World English Bible