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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 28
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it.
- WEB
- Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than it.
- DRC28:25
- The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it.
- LXXE
- The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Θάνατος πονηρὸς ὁ θάνατος αὐτῆς, καὶ λυσιτελὴς μᾶλλον ὁ ᾅδης αὐτῆς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 28:25 in some Bibles
- 28:21 in most Bibles