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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 25
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
- WEB
- Don’t give water an outlet, and don’t give a wicked woman freedom of speech.
- DRC25:34
- Give no issue to thy water, no, not a little: nor to a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
- LXXE
- Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ δῷς ὕδατι διέξοδον, μηδὲ γυναικὶ πωνηρᾷ ἐξουσίαν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 25:34 in some Bibles
- 25:25 in most Bibles