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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 21
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The congregation of the wicked is like tow wrapped together: and the end of them is a flame of fire to destroy them.
- WEB
- The congregation of wicked men is as a bundle of tow with a flame of fire at the end of them.
- DRC21:10
- The congregation of sinners is like tow heaped together, and the end of them is a flame of fire.
- LXXE
- The congregation of the wicked is like tow wrapped together: and the end of them is a flame of fire to destroy them.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Στυππεῖον συνηγμένον συναγωγὴ ἀνόμων, καὶ ἡ συντέλεια αὐτῶν φλὸξ πυρός.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 21:10 in some Bibles
- 21:9 in most Bibles