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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 14
In 4 translations
- KJV
- All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shalt die the death.
- WEB
- All flesh grows old like a garment, for the covenant from the beginning is, “You must die!”
- DRC14:18
- All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.
- LXXE
- All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shalt die the death.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πᾶσα σὰρξ ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιοῦται, ἡ γὰρ διαθήκη ἀπʼ αἰῶνος θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 14:18 in some Bibles
- 14:17 in most Bibles