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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 43
In 4 translations
- KJV
- At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof?
- WEB
- At noon, it dries up the land. Who can stand against its burning heat?
- DRC
- At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat:
- LXXE
- at noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀναξηραίνει χώραν, καὶ ἐναντίον καύματος αὐτοῦ τίς ὑποστήσεται;