Because of different versions in Hebrew and Greek manuscripts pertaining to Ben Sira, the text editions in common use partly conform to the Greek text, but some of them restore the original organization or use a new enumeration. The intention behind this synoptic enumeration is to dispel the confusion caused by differing enumerations. The synopsis is based on a reconceptualzed multilingual text edition (Hebrew, Syriad, Greek and Latin) with continuous numbering that essentially adopts and complements the Greek text in accordance with Ziegler's classic edition. This book integrates Greek editions (Ziegler, Swete and Rahlfs), the Hebrew editions (Sefer, Beentjes), the Syriad edition (de Largarde, Mossul, Ambrosianus, Calduch-Benages and Liesen, peshitta-Institut in Leiden), the standard translation, the revised Luther text, the New Revised English Standard Version and Sauer/JSHRZ.