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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 4 translations
- KJV
- As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood.
- WEB
- Before fire is the vapor and smoke of a furnace, so insults precede bloodshed.
- DRC22:30
- As the vapour of a chimney, and the smoke of the fire goeth up before the fire: so also injurious words, and reproaches, and threats, before blood.
- LXXE
- As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πρὸ πυρὸς ἀτμὶς καμίνου καὶ καπνὸς, οὕτως πρὸ αἱμάτων λοιδορίαι.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 22:30 in some Bibles
- 22:24 in most Bibles