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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 43
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes.
- WEB
- He also pours out frost on the earth like salt. When it is freezes, it has points like thorns.
- DRC43:21
- He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.
- LXXE
- The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it becometh sharp peaks.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ πάχνην ὡς ἅλα ἐπὶ γῆς χέει, καὶ παγεῖσα γίνεται σκολόπων ἄκρα.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 43:21 in some Bibles
- 43:19 in most Bibles