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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 28
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.
- WEB
- A slanderer has cast out brave women and deprived them of their labors.
- DRC28:19
- The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours.
- LXXE
- A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Γλῶσσα τρίτη γυναῖκας ἀνδρείας ἐξέβαλε, καὶ ἐστέρησεν αὐτὰς τῶν πόνων αὐτῶν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 28:19 in some Bibles
- 28:15 in most Bibles