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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 39
In 4 translations
- KJV
- As he hath turned the waters into saltness: so shall the heathen inherit his wrath.
- WEB
- As he has made the waters salty, so the heathen will inherit his wrath.
- DRC39:28
- And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have not sought after him:
- LXXE
- As he hath turned the waters into saltness: so shall the heathen inherit his wrath.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Οὕτως ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ ἔθνη κληρονομήσει, ὡς μετέστρεψεν ὕδατα εἰς ἅλμην.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 39:28 in some Bibles
- 39:23 in most Bibles