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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 39
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A man need not to say, What is this? wherefore is that? for he hath made all things for their uses.
- WEB
- No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for all things are created for their own uses.
- DRC39:26
- There is no saying: What is this, or what is that? for all things shall be sought in their time.
- LXXE
- A man need not to say, What is this? wherefore is that? for he hath made all things for their uses.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν, τί τοῦτο; εἰς τί τοῦτο; πάντα γὰρ εἰς χρείας αὐτῶν ἔκτισται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 39:26 in some Bibles
- 39:21 in most Bibles