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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 28
In 4 translations
- KJV
- An hasty contention kindleth a fire: and an hasty fighting sheddeth blood.
- WEB
- A contention begun in haste kindles a fire; and hasty fighting sheds blood.
- DRC28:14
- If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: both come out of the mouth.
- LXXE
- An hasty contention kindleth a fire: and an hasty fighting sheddeth blood.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἔρις κατασπευδομένη ἐκκαίει πῦρ, καὶ μάχη κατασπεύδουσα ἐκχέει αἷμα.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 28:14 in some Bibles
- 28:11 in most Bibles