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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 27
In 4 translations
- KJV
- As for a wound, it may be bound up; and after reviling there may be reconcilement: but he that betrayeth secrets is without hope.
- WEB
- For a wound may be bound up, and after abuse there may be reconciliation; but he who reveals secrets is without hope.
- DRC27:23
- Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation: But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.
- LXXE
- As for a wound, it may be bound up; and after reviling there may be reconcilement: but he that betrayeth secrets is without hope.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὅτι θραῦσμά ἐστι καταδῆσαι, καὶ λοιδορίας ἐστὶ διαλλαγή· ὁ δὲ ἀποκαλύψας μυστήρια ἀπήλπισε.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:23-24 in some Bibles
- 27:21a in most Bibles
- 27:21b in most Bibles