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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery.
- WEB
- A heart settled upon a thoughtful understanding is as an ornament of plaster on a polished wall.
- DRC22:22
- So also a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool shall not resist against the violence of fear.
- LXXE
- A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καρδία ἡδρασμένη ἐπὶ διανοίας συνέσεως, ὡς κόσμος ψαμμωτὸς τοίχου ξυστοῦ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 22:22a in some Bibles
- 22:17-18 in some Bibles