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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.
- WEB
- It is a stumbling block to those who sacrifice to it. Every fool will be taken by it.
- DRC
- Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.
- LXXE
- For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πολλοὺς ἐπλάνησε τὰ ἐνύπνια, καὶ ἐξέπεσον ἐλπίζοντες ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς.