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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 39
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For the good are good things created from the beginning: so evil things for sinners.
- WEB
- Good things are created from the beginning for the good. So are evil things for sinners.
- DRC39:30
- Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things.
- LXXE
- For the good are good things created from the beginning: so evil things for sinners.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἀγαθὰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ἔκτισται ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, οὕτως τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς κακά.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 39:30 in some Bibles
- 39:25 in most Bibles