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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 30
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave.
- WEB
- Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like food offerings laid upon a grave.
- DRC
- Good things that are hidden in a mouth that is shut, are as masses of meat set about a grave.
- LXXE
- Delicacies poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἀγαθὰ ἐκκεχυμένα ἐπὶ στόματι κεκλεισμένῳ, θέματα βρωμάτων παρακείμενα ἐπὶ τάφῳ.