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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 28
In 4 translations
- KJV
- It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall they be burned with the flame thereof.
- WEB
- It will not have rule over godly men. They will not be burned in its flame.
- DRC28:26
- Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame.
- LXXE
- It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall they be burned with the flame thereof.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Οὐ μὴ κρατήσῃ εὐσεβῶν, καὶ ἐν τῇ φλογὶ αὐτῆς οὐ καήσονται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 28:26 in some Bibles
- 28:22 in most Bibles