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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 19

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 19:16

In 4 translations

KJV
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart; and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue?
WEB
There is one who slips, and not from the heart. Who is he who hasn’t sinned with his tongue?
DRC
And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart.
LXXE
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart; and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue?

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Ἔστιν ὀλισθαίνων καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ ψυχῆς· καὶ τίς οὐχ ἡμάρτησεν ἐν τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ;

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