Sirach 50:26-28

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁶Those who live in Seir,^[a] and the Philistines,
and the foolish people that live in Shechem.

²⁷Instruction in understanding and knowledge
    I have written in this book,
Jesus son of Eleazar son of Sirach^[b] of Jerusalem,
    whose mind poured forth wisdom.
²⁸Happy are those who concern themselves with these things,
    and those who lay them to heart will become wise.

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Footnotes

Sirach 50:26 Heb Compare Lat: Gk on the mountain of Samaria
Sirach 50:27 Heb: Meaning of Gk uncertain

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