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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 36
In 4 translations
- KJV
- If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.
- WEB
- If kindness and humility are on her tongue, her husband is not like other sons of men.
- DRC36:25
- If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men.
- LXXE36:28
- If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br36:28
- Εἰ ἔστιν ἐπὶ γλώσσης αὐτῆς ἔλεος καὶ πραΰτης, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς καθʼ υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 36:25 in some Bibles
- 36:23 in most Bibles