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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 43:18

In 4 translations

KJV
The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.
WEB
The eye is dazzled at the beauty of its whiteness. The heart is amazed as it falls.
DRC43:19
And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts. The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.
LXXE
the eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Κάλλος λευκότητος αὐτῆς ἐκθαυμάσει ὀφθαλμὸς, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑετοῦ αὐτῆς ἐκστήσεται καρδία.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 43:19-20 in some Bibles
  • 43:18a in most Bibles
  • 43:18b in most Bibles

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