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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 27
In 4 translations
- KJV
- He that worketh mischief, it shall fall upon him, and he shall not know whence it cometh.
- WEB
- He who does evil things, they will roll back upon him, and he will not know where they came from.
- DRC27:30
- A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.
- LXXE
- He that worketh mischief, it shall fall upon him, and he shall not know whence it cometh.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ ποιῶν πονηρὰ εἰς αὐτὸν κυλισθήσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐπιγνῷ πόθεν ἥκει αὐτῷ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:30 in some Bibles
- 27:27 in most Bibles