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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 39
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and thought upon these things, and have left them in writing.
- WEB
- Therefore from the beginning I was convinced, and I thought it through and left it in writing:
- DRC39:38
- Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and I have meditated, and thought on these things and left them in writing.
- LXXE
- Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and thought upon these things, and have left them in writing.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Διὰ τοῦτο ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐστηρίχθην, καὶ διενοήθην, καὶ ἐν γραφῇ ἀφῆκα.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 39:38 in some Bibles
- 39:32 in most Bibles