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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present.
- WEB
- Many have been given over to ruin for the sake of gold. Their destruction meets them face to face.
- DRC
- Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.
- LXXE
- If they be not sent from the most High in thy visitation, set not thy heart upon them.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐὰν μὴ παρὰ ὑψίστου ἀποσταλῇ ἐν ἐπισκοπῇ, μὴ δῷς εἰς αὐτὰ τὴν καρδίαν σου.