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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 23

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 23:20

In 4 translations

KJV
He knew all things ere ever they were created; so also after they were perfected he looked upon them all.
WEB23:19
The eyes of men are his terror. He doesn’t know that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, seeing all the ways of men, and looking into secret places.
DRC23:27
And he understandeth not that his eye seeth all things, for such a man’s fear driveth from him the fear of God, and the eyes of men fearing him: And he knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are far brighter than the sun, beholding round about all the ways of men, and the bottom of the deep, and looking into the hearts of men, into the most hidden parts.
LXXE23:19
such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, and considering the most secret parts.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br23:19
καὶ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἀνθρώπων ὁ φόβος αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω ὅτι ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου μυριοπλασίως ἡλίου φωτεινότεροι, ἐπιβλέποντες πάσας ὁδοὺς ἀνθρώπων, καὶ κατανοοῦντες εἰς ἀπόκρυφα μέρη.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 23:27-28 in some Bibles
  • 23:20 in most Bibles
  • 23:20a in most Bibles
  • 23:20b in most Bibles

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