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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 10
In 4 translations
- KJV
- An unwise king destroyeth his people; but through the prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited.
- WEB
- An undisciplined king will destroy his people. A city will be established through the understanding of the powerful.
- DRC
- An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.
- LXXE
- An unwise king destroyeth his people; but through the prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Βασιλεὺς ἀπαίδευτος ἀπολεῖ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πόλις οἰκισθήσεται ἐν συνέσει δυναστῶν.