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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 34
In 4 translations
- KJV
- When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour?
- WEB
- When one builds, and another pulls down, what profit do they have but toil?
- DRC34:28
- When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour?
- LXXE34:28
- Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br34:28
- Ἀγαλλίαμα καρδίας καὶ εὐφροσύνη ψυχῆς οἶνος πινόμενος ἐν καιρῷ αὐτάρκης·
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 34:28 in some Bibles
- 34:23 in most Bibles