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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 36
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.
- WEB
- Where no hedge is, the property will be plundered. He who has no wife will mourn as he wanders.
- DRC36:27
- Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want.
- LXXE36:30
- Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br36:30
- Οὗ οὐκ ἐστι φραγμὸς, διαρπαγήσεται κτῆμα, καὶ οὗ οὐκ ἔστι γυνὴ, στενάξει πλανώμενος.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 36:27 in some Bibles
- 36:25 in most Bibles