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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.
- WEB
- The furnace tests the temper of steel by dipping; so does wine test hearts in the quarreling of the proud.
- DRC31:31
- Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud.
- LXXE
- So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Οὕτως ἄνθρωπος νηστεύων ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάλιν πορευόμενος, καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ ποιῶν· τῆς προσευχῆς αὐτοῦ τίς εἰσακούσεται; καὶ τί ὠφέλησεν ἐν τῷ ταπεινωθῆναι αὐτόν;
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 31:31 in some Bibles
- 31:26 in most Bibles