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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 26
In 4 translations
- KJV
- But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman, and a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
- WEB
- A grief of heart and sorrow is a woman who is jealous of another woman. Her tongue-lashing makes it known to all.
- DRC26:8
- A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart. With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
- LXXE
- But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman, and a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἄλγος καρδίας καὶ πένθος γυνὴ ἀντίζηλος ἐπὶ γυναικὶ, καὶ μάστιξ γλώσσης πᾶσιν ἐπικοινωνοῦσα.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 26:8-9 in some Bibles
- 26:6a in most Bibles
- 26:6b in most Bibles