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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 21
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood: and his counsel is like a pure fountain of life.
- WEB
- The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood, and his counsel as a fountain of life.
- DRC21:16
- The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood, and his counsel continueth like a fountain of life.
- LXXE
- The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood: and his counsel is like a pure fountain of life.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Γνῶσις σοφοῦ ὡς κατακλυσμὸς πληθυνθήσεται, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς πηγὴ ζωῆς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 21:16 in some Bibles
- 21:13 in most Bibles