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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 16
In 4 translations
- KJV
- With all manner of living things hath he covered the face thereof; and they shall return into it again.
- WEB
- All manner of living things covered its surface, and they return into it.
- DRC16:31
- The soul of every living thing hath shewn forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.
- LXXE
- With all manner of living things hath he covered the face thereof; and they shall return into it again.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ψυχὴν παντὸς ζώου ἐκάλυψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς, καὶ εἰς αὐτὴν ἡ ἀποστροφὴ αὐτῶν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 16:31 in some Bibles
- 16:30 in most Bibles