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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 37
In 4 translations
- KJV
- O wicked imagination, whence camest thou in to cover the earth with deceit?
- WEB
- O wicked imagination, why were you formed to cover the dry land with deceit?
- DRC
- O wicked presumption, whence camest thou to cover the earth with thy malice, and deceitfulness?
- LXXE
- O wicked imagination, whence camest thou in to cover the earth with deceit?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὦ πονηρὸν ἐνθύμημα, πόθεν ἐνεκυλίσθης καλύψαι τὴν ξηρὰν ἐν δολιότητι;