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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 24
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last find her out.
- WEB
- The first man didn’t know her perfectly. In like manner, the last has not explored her.
- DRC24:38
- Who first hath perfect knowledge of her, and a weaker shall not search her out.
- LXXE
- The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last find her out.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Οὐ συνετέλεσεν ὁ πρῶτος γνῶναι αὐτὴν, καὶ οὕτως ὁ ἔσχατος οὐκ ἐξιχνίασεν αὐτήν·
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 24:38 in some Bibles
- 24:28 in most Bibles