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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 3 translations
- KJV
- Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.
- WEB
- Fences set on a high place will not stand against the wind; so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.
- LXXE
- Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Χάρακες ἐπὶ μετεώρου κείμενοι κατέναντι ἀνέμου οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνωσιν, οὕτως καρδία δειλὴ ἐπὶ διανοήματος μωροῦ κατέναντι παντὸς φόβου οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ.
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