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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 25
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, and desire her not for pleasure.
- WEB
- Don’t be ensnared by a woman’s beauty. Don’t desire a woman for her beauty.
- DRC25:28
- Look not upon a woman’s beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty.
- LXXE
- Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, and desire her not for pleasure.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ προσπέσῃς ἐπὶ κάλλος γυναικὸς, καὶ γυναῖκα μὴ ἐπιποθήσῃς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 25:28 in some Bibles
- 25:21 in most Bibles