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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 23:12

In 4 translations

KJV
There is a word that is clothed about with death: God grant that it be not found in the heritage of Jacob; for all such things shall be far from the godly, and they shall not wallow in their sins.
WEB
There is a manner of speech that is clothed with death. Let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob, for all these things will be far from the godly, and they will not wallow in sins.
DRC23:15
There is also another speech opposite to death, let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob. For from the merciful all these things shall be taken away, and they shall not wallow in sins.
LXXE
There is a word that is clothed about with death: God grant that it be not found in the heritage of Jacob; for all such things shall be far from the godly, and they shall not wallow in their sins.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Ἔστι λέξις ἀντιπεριβεβλημένη θανάτῳ, μὴ εὑρεθήτω ἐν κληρονομίᾳ Ἰακώβ· ἀπὸ γὰρ εὐσεβῶν ταῦτα πάντα ἀποστήσεται, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις οὐκ ἐγκυλισθήσονται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 23:15-16 in some Bibles
  • 23:12a in most Bibles
  • 23:12b in most Bibles

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