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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.
- WEB
- Remember that a greedy eye is a wicked thing. What has been created more greedy than an eye? Therefore it sheds tears from every face.
- DRC31:14
- Remember that a wicked eye is evil. What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see.
- LXXE
- The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; for their hope is in him that saveth them.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πνεῦμα φοβουμένων Κυρὶον ζήσεται, ἡ γὰρ ἐλπὶς αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὸν σώζοντα αὐτούς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 31:14-15 in some Bibles
- 31:13a in most Bibles
- 31:13b in most Bibles