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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 39
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions, serpents, and the sword punishing the wicked to destruction.
- WEB
- wild beasts’ teeth, scorpions, adders, and a sword punishing the ungodly to destruction.
- DRC39:36
- The teeth of beasts, and scorpions, and serpents, and the sword taking vengeance upon the ungodly unto destruction.
- LXXE
- teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions, serpents, and the sword, punishing the wicked to destruction,
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Θηρίων ὁδόντες καὶ σκορπίοι καὶ ἔχεις καὶ ῥομφαία ἐκδικοῦσα εἰς ὄλεθρον ἀσεβεῖς,
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 39:36 in some Bibles
- 39:30 in most Bibles