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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 29

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 29:18

In 4 translations

KJV
Suretiship hath undone many of good estate, and shaken them as a wave of the sea: mighty men hath it driven from their houses, so that they wandered among strange nations.
WEB
Being surety has undone many who were prospering and shaken them as a wave of the sea. It has driven mighty men from their homes. They wandered among foreign nations.
DRC29:22
A man is surety for his neighbour: and when he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him. Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea. It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries.
LXXE
Suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and shaken them as a wave of the sea: mighty men hath it driven from their houses, so that they wandered among strange nations.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Ἐγγύη πολλοὺς ἀπώλεσε κατευθύνοντας, καὶ ἐσάλευσεν αὐτοὺς ὡς κῦμα θαλάσσης· ἄνδρας δυνατοὺς ἀπῴκισε, καὶ ἐπλανήθησαν ἐν ἔθνεσιν ἀλλοτρίοις.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 29:23-25 in some Bibles
  • 29:18a in most Bibles
  • 29:18b in most Bibles
  • 29:18c in most Bibles

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