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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.
- WEB
- Don’t show yourself valiant in wine, for wine has destroyed many.
- DRC31:30
- Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many.
- LXXE
- He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Βαπτιζόμενος ἀπὸ νεκροῦ, καὶ πάλιν ἁπτόμενος αὐτοῦ, τί ὠφέλησε τῷ λουτρῷ αὐτοῦ;
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 31:30 in some Bibles
- 31:25 in most Bibles