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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 40
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Such things happen unto all flesh, both man and beast, and that is sevenfold more upon sinners.
- WEB
- To all creatures, human and animal, and upon sinners sevenfold more,
- DRC
- Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold mere.
- LXXE
- [Such things happen] unto all flesh, both man and beast, and sevenfold more upon sinners.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μετὰ πάσης σαρκὸς ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους, καὶ ἐπὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἑπταπλάσια πρὸς ταῦτα.