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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 40
In 4 translations
- KJV
- These things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood.
- WEB
- All these things were created for the wicked, and because of them the flood came.
- DRC
- All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood.
- LXXE
- these things are created for the wicked, and through them came the flood.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀνόμους ἐκτίσθη ταῦτα πάντα, καὶ διʼ αὐτοὺς ἐγένετο ὁ κατακλυσμός.