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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 23
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another.
- WEB23:21
- This man will be punished in the streets of the city. He will be seized where he least expects it.
- DRC23:30
- This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and he shall be chased as a colt: and where he suspected not, he shall be taken.
- LXXE23:21
- This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and where he suspecteth not he shall be taken.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br23:21
- Οὗτος ἐν πλατείαις πόλεως ἐκδικηθήσεται, καὶ οὗ οὐχ ὑπενόησε πιασθήσεται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 23:30 in some Bibles
- 23:22 in most Bibles