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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 38

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 38:5

In 4 translations

KJV
Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
WEB
Wasn’t water made sweet with wood, that its power might be known?
DRC
Was not bitter water made sweet with wood?
LXXE
Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Οὐκ ἀπὸ ξύλου ἐγλυκάνθη ὕδωρ, εἰς τὸ γνωσθῆναι τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ;

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