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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 18
In 3 translations
- KJV
- As a drop of water unto the sea, and a gravelstone in comparison of the sand; so are a thousand years to the days of eternity.
- WEB
- As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand, so are a few years in the day of eternity.
- LXXE
- As a drop of water unto the sea, and a gravel-stone in comparison of the sand; so are a thousand years to the days of eternity.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὡς σταγὼν ὕδατος ἀπὸ θαλάσσης καὶ ψῆφος ἄμμου, οὕτως ὀλίγα ἔτη ἐν ἡμέρᾳ αἰῶνος.
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