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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 23

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 23:23

In 4 translations

KJV
For first, she hath disobeyed the law of the most High; and secondly, she hath trespassed against her own husband; and thirdly, she hath played the whore in adultery, and brought children by another man.
WEB23:22
So also is a wife who leaves her husband, and produces an heir by another man.
DRC23:31
And he shall be in disgrace with all men, because he understood not the fear of the Lord. So every woman also that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another:
LXXE23:22
Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br23:22
Οὕτως καὶ γυνὴ καταλιποῦσα τὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ παριστῶσα κληρονόμον ἐξ ἀλλοτρίου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 23:31-32 in some Bibles
  • 23:23 in most Bibles
  • 23:23a in most Bibles
  • 23:23b in most Bibles

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