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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 33
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.
- WEB
- A wise man will not hate the law, but he who is a hypocrite about it is like a boat in a storm.
- DRC
- A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
- LXXE
- and send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- καὶ ἐπίβαλε τὸν φόβον σου ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη.