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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 36
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.
- WEB
- A contrary heart will cause heaviness. A man of experience will pay him back.
- DRC36:22
- A perverse heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.
- LXXE36:25
- A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br36:25
- Καρδία στρεβλὴ δώσει λύπην, καὶ ἄνθρωπος πολύπειρος ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 36:22 in some Bibles
- 36:20 in most Bibles