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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 46
In 4 translations
- KJV
- How great glory gat he, when he did lift up his hands, and stretched out his sword against the cities!
- WEB
- How he was glorified in the lifting up his hands, and in stretching out his sword against the cities!
- DRC46:3
- How great glory did he gain when he lifted up his hands, and stretched out swords against the cities?
- LXXE
- How great glory gat he, when he did lift up his hands, and stretched out his sword against the cities!
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὡς ἐδοξάσθη ἐν τῷ ἐπᾶραι χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῷ ἐκκλῖναι ῥομφαίαν ἐπὶ πόλεις;
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 46:3 in some Bibles
- 46:2 in most Bibles