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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 27
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The fruit declareth if the tree have been dressed; so is the utterance of a conceit in the heart of man.
- WEB
- The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart.
- DRC27:7
- Be the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.
- LXXE
- The fruit declareth if the tree have been dressed; so is the utterance of a conceit in the heart of man.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Γεώργιον ξύλου ἐκφαίνει ὁ καρπὸς αὐτοῦ, οὕτως λόγος ἐνθυμήματος καρδίας ἀνθρώπου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:7 in some Bibles
- 27:6 in most Bibles