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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 27
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For as a man hath destroyed his enemy; so hast thou lost the love of thy neighbor.
- WEB
- for as a man has destroyed his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor.
- DRC27:20
- For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.
- LXXE
- For as a man hath destroyed his enemy; so hast thou lost the love of thy neighbour.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καθὼς γὰρ ἀπώλεσεν ἄνθρωπος τὸν ἐχθρὸν αὐτοῦ, οὕτως ἀπώλεσας τὴν φιλίαν τοῦ πλησίου·
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:20 in some Bibles
- 27:18 in most Bibles