Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.
Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 28
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.
- WEB
- The stroke of a whip makes a mark in the flesh, but the stroke of a tongue will break bones.
- DRC28:21
- The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones.
- LXXE
- The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πληγὴ μάστιγος ποιεῖ μώλωπας, πληγὴ δὲ γλώσσης συγκλάσει ὀστᾶ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 28:21 in some Bibles
- 28:17 in most Bibles