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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 19
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence.
- WEB
- The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom. The prudence of sinners is not counsel.
- DRC19:19
- But the learning of wickedness is not wisdom: and the device of sinners is not prudence.
- LXXE
- The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σοφία πονηρίας ἐπιστήμη, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν, ὅπου βουλὴ ἁμαρτωλῶν, φρόνησις.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 19:19 in some Bibles
- 19:22 in most Bibles