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Sirach — Chapter 35 — Hebrew–Greek comparison

The Offering of Obedience and the Prayer of the Lowly

Saints Translation · V2 · Hebrew–Greek working comparison

Sirach 35 · 24 source units
Hebrew–English · Literal-Smooth	Greek–English · Literal-Smooth	Classification & Notes
No Hebrew text is available in the selected manuscript coverage for this unit. This is a source gap, not a classified omission.	35:1 The one who keeps the law multiplies offerings; the one who attends to commandments sacrifices a peace offering.	Not classified. No paired Hebrew reading is supplied. Inherited Greek note 35:1 Peace offering renders the sacrificial σωτηρίου terminology.
No Hebrew text is available in the selected manuscript coverage for this unit. This is a source gap, not a classified omission.	35:2 The one who repays kindness offers fine flour, and the one who gives alms sacrifices a praise offering.	Not classified. No paired Hebrew reading is supplied.
No Hebrew text is available in the selected manuscript coverage for this unit. This is a source gap, not a classified omission.	35:3 To withdraw from wickedness is the Lord’s good pleasure, and to withdraw from injustice is atonement.	Not classified. No paired Hebrew reading is supplied.
No Hebrew text is available in the selected manuscript coverage for this unit. This is a source gap, not a classified omission.	35:4 Do not appear empty before the Lord, for all these things are for the commandment’s sake.	Not classified. No paired Hebrew reading is supplied.
No Hebrew text is available in the selected manuscript coverage for this unit. This is a source gap, not a classified omission.	35:5 A righteous person’s offering fattens the altar, and its fragrance is before the Most High.	Not classified. No paired Hebrew reading is supplied.
No Hebrew text is available in the selected manuscript coverage for this unit. This is a source gap, not a classified omission.	35:6 A righteous man’s sacrifice is acceptable, and its memorial will not be forgotten.	Not classified. No paired Hebrew reading is supplied.
No Hebrew text is available in the selected manuscript coverage for this unit. This is a source gap, not a classified omission.	35:7 Glorify the Lord with a generous eye, and do not diminish the firstfruits of your hands.	Not classified. No paired Hebrew reading is supplied.
Hebrew 35:11 · translated In all your deeds let your face shine, and with gladness consecrate a tithe. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto בכל מע֯ שיך הא֯ ר֯ פ֯ נ֯ י֯ם ]] [[ ובששון הקדש מעשר <מעשרך> <מעשיך>׃ Manuscript transcription	35:8 With every gift make your face cheerful, and consecrate a tenth with gladness.	Different · Hebrew 35:11 — Hebrew deeds versus Greek gifts; reference alignment by content.
Hebrew 35:12 · translated Give to Him according to His gift to you, with a generous eye and as your hand can reach. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto תן לו <לאל> ]כ[מׄ תנתו <כ֯ מתתו> לך ]] [[ בטוב עין ובהשגת ^כ^ <וב הגשת> <וב ^כ^ הגיש> יד׃ Manuscript transcription	35:9 Give to the Most High according to His gift, with a generous eye according to what your hand has found.	Similar · Hebrew 35:12 — Core sense agrees; independent Hebrew rendering of the selected primary witness. No claim of letter-for-letter identity.
Hebrew 35:13 · translated For He is a God of repayment, and sevenfold He will return to you. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto כ֯ י֯ אלוה תשלומות הוא ]] [[ ושבעתים ישיב <ישלם> לך׃ <מלוה ייי נותן לאביון ומי בעל גמולות כי אם הוא׃ < Manuscript transcription	35:10 For the Lord repays, and He will repay you sevenfold.	Similar · Hebrew 35:13 — Main B; longer marginal generosity proverb not substituted.
Hebrew 35:14 · translated Do not offer a bribe, for He will not accept it. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto אל תשחד כי לא יקח Manuscript transcription This Hebrew unit spans Greek 35:11, 35:12; repeated here for alignment. Its classification applies to the combined passage. Hebrew 35:15 · translated Do not trust a sacrifice from oppression, for He is a God of judgment, and with Him there is no partiality. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto ואל תבטח על זבח מעשק׃ / כי אלהי משפט הוא ]] [[ ואין עמו משוא פנים׃ Manuscript transcription	35:11 Do not bribe, for He will not accept it, and do not rely on an unjust sacrifice.	Similar · Hebrew 35:14 — Core sense agrees; independent Hebrew rendering of the selected primary witness. No claim of letter-for-letter identity. Similar · Hebrew 35:15 — Core sense agrees; independent Hebrew rendering of the selected primary witness. No claim of letter-for-letter identity. The comparison applies to the combined Greek units 35:11–12, whose boundaries differ from this Hebrew unit.
This Hebrew unit spans Greek 35:11, 35:12; repeated here for alignment. Its classification applies to the combined passage. Hebrew 35:15 · translated Do not trust a sacrifice from oppression, for He is a God of judgment, and with Him there is no partiality. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto ואל תבטח על זבח מעשק׃ / כי אלהי משפט הוא ]] [[ ואין עמו משוא פנים׃ Manuscript transcription	35:12 For the Lord is judge, and with Him there is no prestige of persons.	Similar · Hebrew 35:15 — Core sense agrees; independent Hebrew rendering of the selected primary witness. No claim of letter-for-letter identity. The comparison applies to the combined Greek units 35:11–12, whose boundaries differ from this Hebrew unit. Inherited Greek note 35:12 Prestige of persons retains δόξα προσώπου, the status-based partiality rejected here.
Hebrew 35:16 · translated He will not show partiality toward the poor, and He will hear the pleas of the distressed. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto לא ישא פ֯ נים אל דל ]] [[ ותחנו ני <ותחנונים> מצוק ישמע׃ Manuscript transcription	35:13 He will not show partiality against the poor, and He will hear the petition of the wronged.	Different · Hebrew 35:16 — Hebrew אל דל literally toward the poor; Greek denies partiality against the poor. Do not erase the directional difference.
Hebrew 35:17 · translated He will not abandon the orphan’s cry, nor the widow when she pours out speech. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto לא יטש צעקת <אנקת> יתום ]] [[ ואלמנה כי תרבה <תחבט> שיח׃ Manuscript transcription	35:14 He will certainly not disregard an orphan’s supplication or a widow when she pours out her words.	Similar · Hebrew 35:17 — Core sense agrees; independent Hebrew rendering of the selected primary witness. No claim of letter-for-letter identity.
Hebrew 35:18 · translated Does not a tear run down the cheek, and a sigh against those who make her wretched? Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto הלא דמעה על לחי תרד ]] [[ ואנחה על מרודיה׃ Manuscript transcription	35:15 Do not a widow’s tears run down her cheek, and her cry rise against the one who brought them down?	Similar · Hebrew 35:18 — Provisional sense of מרודיה; Greek explicitly widow.
Hebrew 35:20 · translated Bitter cries of favor she uttered, and a cry hurried to the cloud. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto תמרורי רצון הנחה ]] [[ וצעקה <צעקתה> <וצעקתיה> ענן חשתה׃ Manuscript transcription	35:16 The one who serves acceptably will be received, and his petition will reach as far as the clouds.	Different · Hebrew 35:20 — B תמרורי רצון הנחה and חשתה difficult; provisional literal reading, not replaced by Greek acceptable service.
This Hebrew unit spans Greek 35:17, 35:18; repeated here for alignment. Its classification applies to the combined passage. Hebrew 35:21 · translated The poor man’s cry passes through the cloud; until it reaches its goal, it will not rest. It will not depart until God attends to it. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto שועת דל ענן חל עם <ע֯ בים חלפה> ]] [[ ועד תגיע <<כי>> לא תנוח <ועד כי תגע לא תנוח>׃ / לא תמוש עד יפקוד אל Manuscript transcription	35:17 A humble person’s prayer has passed through the clouds, and until it draws near, he will certainly not be comforted.	Similar · Hebrew 35:21 — Selects annotated עבים חלפה for corrupt main ענן חל עם; second clause continues in Greek next verse. The comparison applies to the combined Greek units 35:17–18, whose boundaries differ from this Hebrew unit. Inherited Greek note 35:17 The pronouns make explicit the prayer’s approach and the supplicant’s comfort; the Greek is compressed.
This Hebrew unit spans Greek 35:17, 35:18; repeated here for alignment. Its classification applies to the combined passage. Hebrew 35:21 · translated The poor man’s cry passes through the cloud; until it reaches its goal, it will not rest. It will not depart until God attends to it. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto שועת דל ענן חל עם <ע֯ בים חלפה> ]] [[ ועד תגיע <<כי>> לא תנוח <ועד כי תגע לא תנוח>׃ / לא תמוש עד יפקוד אל Manuscript transcription This Hebrew unit spans Greek 35:18, 35:19, 35:20; repeated here for alignment. Its classification applies to the combined passage. Hebrew 35:22 · translated And the righteous Judge will do justice. God too will not delay, nor like a warrior restrain Himself, until He crushes the loins of the cruel. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto ושופט צדק יעשה <עושה> משפט׃ / גם אל <אדון> לא יתמהמה ]] [[ וכגבור לא <מה> יתאפק <וגבור מה יתאפק>׃ / עד ימחץ מ תני <מפני> אכזרי Manuscript transcription	35:18 He will certainly not withdraw until the Most High visits, judges in favor of the righteous, and executes judgment.	Similar · Hebrew 35:21 — Selects annotated עבים חלפה for corrupt main ענן חל עם; second clause continues in Greek next verse. The comparison applies to the combined Greek units 35:17–18, whose boundaries differ from this Hebrew unit. Different · Hebrew 35:22 — Hebrew warrior metaphor is more explicit; three Greek units align. The comparison applies to the combined Greek units 35:18–20, whose boundaries differ from this Hebrew unit.
This Hebrew unit spans Greek 35:18, 35:19, 35:20; repeated here for alignment. Its classification applies to the combined passage. Hebrew 35:22 · translated And the righteous Judge will do justice. God too will not delay, nor like a warrior restrain Himself, until He crushes the loins of the cruel. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto ושופט צדק יעשה <עושה> משפט׃ / גם אל <אדון> לא יתמהמה ]] [[ וכגבור לא <מה> יתאפק <וגבור מה יתאפק>׃ / עד ימחץ מ תני <מפני> אכזרי Manuscript transcription	35:19 The Lord will certainly not delay or be patient with them,	Different · Hebrew 35:22 — Hebrew warrior metaphor is more explicit; three Greek units align. The comparison applies to the combined Greek units 35:18–20, whose boundaries differ from this Hebrew unit. Inherited Greek note 35:19 The negative patience statement is retained as part of the judgment sequence.
This Hebrew unit spans Greek 35:18, 35:19, 35:20; repeated here for alignment. Its classification applies to the combined passage. Hebrew 35:22 · translated And the righteous Judge will do justice. God too will not delay, nor like a warrior restrain Himself, until He crushes the loins of the cruel. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto ושופט צדק יעשה <עושה> משפט׃ / גם אל <אדון> לא יתמהמה ]] [[ וכגבור לא <מה> יתאפק <וגבור מה יתאפק>׃ / עד ימחץ מ תני <מפני> אכזרי Manuscript transcription This Hebrew unit spans Greek 35:20, 35:21; repeated here for alignment. Its classification applies to the combined passage. Hebrew 35:23 · translated And He will return vengeance to the nations, until He dispossesses the tribe of arrogance and utterly cuts down the rod of wickedness. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto ולגוים ישיב נקם׃ / עד יוריש שבט <שבטי> זדון ]] [[ ומטה רשע <רשעים> גדוע יגדע׃ Manuscript transcription	35:20 until He crushes the loins of the merciless and repays the nations with retribution,	Different · Hebrew 35:22 — Hebrew warrior metaphor is more explicit; three Greek units align. The comparison applies to the combined Greek units 35:18–20, whose boundaries differ from this Hebrew unit. Similar · Hebrew 35:23 — Core sense agrees; independent Hebrew rendering of the selected primary witness. No claim of letter-for-letter identity. The comparison applies to the combined Greek units 35:20–21, whose boundaries differ from this Hebrew unit.
This Hebrew unit spans Greek 35:20, 35:21; repeated here for alignment. Its classification applies to the combined passage. Hebrew 35:23 · translated And He will return vengeance to the nations, until He dispossesses the tribe of arrogance and utterly cuts down the rod of wickedness. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto ולגוים ישיב נקם׃ / עד יוריש שבט <שבטי> זדון ]] [[ ומטה רשע <רשעים> גדוע יגדע׃ Manuscript transcription	35:21 until He removes the multitude of the insolent and crushes the scepters of the unjust,	Similar · Hebrew 35:23 — Core sense agrees; independent Hebrew rendering of the selected primary witness. No claim of letter-for-letter identity. The comparison applies to the combined Greek units 35:20–21, whose boundaries differ from this Hebrew unit.
Hebrew 35:24 · translated Until He returns to a man his deed, and a person’s recompense according to his intent. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto עד ישיב לאנוש פעלו ]] [[ וגמול אדם כמזמתו׃ Manuscript transcription	35:22 until He repays a person according to his actions and judges human works according to their thoughts,	Similar · Hebrew 35:24 — Core sense agrees; independent Hebrew rendering of the selected primary witness. No claim of letter-for-letter identity. Inherited Greek note 35:22 Judges supplies the verb understood in the second half; actions and thoughts remain distinct.
Hebrew 35:25 · fragmentary [Until He pleads] His people’s cause, and gladdens them with His salvation. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto ע֯ ]ד יריב[ ריב ע֯ מׄ ו ]] [[ ושמחׄ םׄ <וישמחם> בישועתו׃ [– ]°°°° Manuscript transcription	35:23 until He judges His people’s case and gladdens them with His mercy.	Different · Hebrew 35:25 — Hebrew salvation versus Greek mercy; damaged opening restored. Classification assesses only the surviving/readable wording, not lost portions.
Hebrew 35:26 · fragmentary […] in a time of distress, like the season of rain clouds in a time of drought. Hebrew witness B · B VI Recto ב֯ ז֯ מ֯ ןׄ מצוקה ]] [[ כעת חזיזים בעת בצׄ וׄר֯ ת׃ [– ] [[ ]] °°°° °°[ — ]°°°°[ — ] / דׄ ׃ Manuscript transcription	35:24 Mercy is timely in the season of His people’s affliction, like rain clouds in a season without rain.	Similar · Hebrew 35:26 — Opening damaged; mercy not filled in from Greek. Classification assesses only the surviving/readable wording, not lost portions. Inherited Greek note 35:24 His people supplies the contextual referent of the source’s singular his affliction; the rain comparison remains explicit.

Source and numbering

Hebrew English is newly translated from the manuscript-specific transcriptions in The Book of Ben Sira portal. Each translated unit identifies its selected witness and folio. This is a selected-witness working edition, not an exhaustive collation of every manuscript or a reconstruction of lost Hebrew. Brackets and fragmentary status identify uncertainty; no Greek text has been back-translated to fill Hebrew gaps.

The Greek-source English and its notes are inherited from the existing Sirach edition. The comparison categories are provisional editorial assessments against that English; this update is not a fresh verification of every Greek reading or its apparatus.

Working translation preserved from the recovered manuscript of 8 September 2026. Declared source: Septuaginta, Rahlfs–Hanhart, 2006, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, publisher’s Greek main text. Independent linguistic and critical-apparatus review remains outstanding. Source-access and reception claims in the inherited notes have not been freshly revalidated. Chapter and section headings are editorial.

The translator’s prologue is separate from the 51 chapters. Its eight source units map to publisher labels 1, 1a–1g; main-text 1:1 maps to 1h. Source 5:15 includes material often numbered 6:1, so chapter 6 begins at 6:2. Source label gaps are preserved; no text is invented.