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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 24

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 24:14

In 4 translations

KJV
I was exalted like a palm tree in En-gaddi, and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and grew up as a plane tree by the water.
WEB
I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, like rose bushes in Jericho, and like a fair olive tree in the plain. I was exalted like a plane tree.
DRC24:19
As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted.
LXXE
I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a plain, and grew up as a plane tree.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Ὡς φοῖνιξ ἀνυψώθην ἐν αἰγιαλοῖς, καὶ ὡς φυτὰ ῥόδου ἐν Ἱεριχῶ· ὡς ἐλαία εὐπρεπὴς ἐν πεδίῳ, καὶ ἀνυψώθην ὡς πλάτανος.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 24:19 in some Bibles
  • 24:14 in most Bibles

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