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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 26
In 4 translations
- KJV
- As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick; so is the beauty of the face in ripe age.
- WEB
- As the lamp that shines upon the holy lampstand, so is the beauty of the face on a well-proportioned body.
- DRC26:22
- As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age.
- LXXE
- As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick: so is the beauty of the face in ripe age.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Λύχνος ἐκλάμπων ἐπὶ λυχνίας ἁγίας, καὶ κάλλος προσώπου ἐπὶ ἡλικίᾳ στασίμῃ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 26:22 in some Bibles
- 26:17 in most Bibles