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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 28
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Look that thou hedge thy possession about with thorns, and bind up thy silver and gold,
- WEB
- As you hedge your possession about with thorns, and secure your silver and your gold,
- DRC28:28
- Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth.
- LXXE
- Look that thou hedge thy possession about with thorns, and bind up thy silver and gold,
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἴδε περίφραξον τὸ κτῆμά σου ἀκάνθαις, τὸ ἀργύριόν σου καὶ τὸ χρυσίον κατάδησον·
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 28:28 in some Bibles
- 28:24 in most Bibles