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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 40
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The pipe and the psaltery make sweet melody: but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
- WEB
- The pipe and the lute make pleasant melody. A pleasant tongue is better than both.
- DRC
- The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
- LXXE
- The pipe and the psaltery make sweet melody: but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Αὐλὸς καὶ ψαλτήριον ἡδύνουσι μέλι, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα γλῶσσα ἡδεῖα.