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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 34
In 4 translations
- KJV
- I was ofttimes in danger of death: yet I was delivered because of these things.
- WEB
- I was often in danger even to death. I was preserved because of these experiences.
- DRC34:13
- Sometimes I have been in danger of death for these things, and I have been delivered by the grace of God.
- LXXE34:13
- Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br34:13
- Μνήσθητι ὅτι κακὸν ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρὸς, πονηρότερον ὀφθαλμοῦ τί ἔκτισται; διὰ τοῦτο ἀπὸ παντὸς προσώπου δακρύει.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 34:13 in some Bibles
- 34:12 in most Bibles