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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 37
In 3 translations
- KJV
- Four manner of things appear: good and evil, life and death: but the tongue ruleth over them continually.
- WEB
- four kinds of things rise up: good and evil, life and death. That which rules over them continually is the tongue.
- LXXE
- Four manners of things appear: good and evil, life and death: but the tongue ruleth over them continually.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Τέσσαρα μέρη ἀνατέλλει, ἀγαθὸν καὶ κακὸν, ζωὴ καὶ θάνατος, καὶ κυριεύουσα ἐνδελεχῶς αὐτῶν γλῶσσά ἐστιν.
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