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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 4 translations
- KJV
- He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall: and he that pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge.
- WEB
- He who pricks the eye will make tears fall. He who pricks the heart makes it show feeling.
- DRC22:23
- As a fearful heart in the thought of a fool at all times will not fear, so neither shall he that continueth always in the commandments of God.
- LXXE
- He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall: and he that pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ νύσσων ὀφθαλμὸν κατάξει δάκρυα, καὶ ὁ νύσσων καρδίαν ἐκφαίνει αἴσθησιν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 22:23 in some Bibles
- 22:19 in most Bibles