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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 12
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.
- WEB
- Never trust your enemy, for his wickedness is like corrosion in copper.
- DRC
- Never trust thy enemy: for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth:
- LXXE
- Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ πιστεύσῃς τῷ ἐχθρῷ σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· ὡς γὰρ ὁ χαλκὸς ἰοῦται, οὕτως ἡ πονηρία αὐτοῦ.