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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 42
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.
- WEB
- A seal is good where an evil wife is. Where there are many hands, lock things up.
- DRC
- Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife.
- LXXE
- Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and locked up, where many hands are.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐπὶ γυναικὶ πονηρᾷ καλὸν σφραγίς· καὶ ὅπου χεῖρες πολλαὶ, κλεῖσον.