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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 14
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul.
- WEB
- A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion. Wicked injustice dries up his soul.
- DRC
- The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up.
- LXXE
- A covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πλεονέκτου ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ ἐμπίπλαται μερίδι, καὶ ἀδικία πονηρὰ ἀναξηρανει ψυχήν.