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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 40
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The weed growing upon every water and bank of a river shall be pulled up before all grass.
- WEB
- The reeds by every water or river bank will be plucked up before all grass.
- DRC
- The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.
- LXXE
- The weed growing upon every water and bank of a river shall be pulled up before all grass.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἄχει ἐπὶ παντὸς ὕδατος καὶ χείλους ποταμοῦ πρὸ παντὸς χόρτου ἐκτιλήσεται.