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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 37
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For a man’s mind is sometime wont to tell him more than seven watchmen, that sit above in an high tower.
- WEB
- For a man’s soul is sometimes inclined to inform him better than seven watchmen who sit on high on a watch-tower.
- DRC37:18
- The soul of a holy man discovereth sometimes true things, more than seven watchmen that sit in a high piece to watch.
- LXXE
- for a man's mind is sometime wont to tell him more than seven watchmen, that sit above in an high tower.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- ψυχὴ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς ἀπαγγέλλειν ἐνίοτε εἴωθεν, ἢ ἑπτὰ σκοποὶ ἐπὶ μετεώρου καθήμενοι ἐπὶ σκοπῆς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 37:18 in some Bibles
- 37:14 in most Bibles