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Sirach 40:24

Relatives and helpers are for a time of affliction, but almsgiving rescues better than both.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Brethren and help are against time of trouble: but alms shall deliver more than them both.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Brethren and help are against time of trouble: but alms shall deliver more than them both.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Brethren and help are against time of trouble: but alms shall deliver more than them both.
King James Version
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