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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 4 translations
- KJV
- An evilnurtured man is the dishonour of his father that begat him: and a foolish daughter is born to his loss.
- WEB
- An undisciplined child is a disgrace to his father, and a foolish daughter is born to his loss.
- DRC
- A son ill taught is the confusion of the father: and a foolish daughter shall be to his loss.
- LXXE
- An evil-nurtured son is the dishonour of his father that begat him: and a [foolish] daughter is born to his loss.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Αἰσχύνη πατρὸς ἐν γεννήσει ἀπαιδεύτου, θυγάτηρ δὲ ἐπʼ ἐλαττώσει γίνεται.