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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 11
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Receive a stranger into thine house, and he will disturb thee, and turn thee out of thine own.
- WEB
- Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you with arguments and estrange you from your own family.
- DRC11:36
- Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own.
- LXXE
- Receive a stranger into thine house, and he will disturb thee, and turn thee out of thine own.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐνοίκισον ἀλλότριον, καὶ διαστρέψει σε ἐν ταραχαῖς, καὶ ἀπαλλοτριώσει σε τῶν ἰδίων σου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 11:36 in some Bibles
- 11:34 in most Bibles