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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 18
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Shall not the dew asswage the heat? so is a word better than a gift.
- WEB
- Doesn’t the dew relieve the scorching heat? So a word is better than a gift.
- DRC
- Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so also the good word is better than the gift.
- LXXE
- Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so is a word better than a gift.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Οὐχὶ καύσωνα ἀναπαύσει δρόσος; οὕτως κρείσσων λόγος ἢ δόσις.