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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 47
In 3 translations
- KJV
- How wise wast thou in thy youth and, as a flood, filled with understanding!
- WEB
- How wise you were made in your youth, and filled as a river with understanding!
- LXXE
- How wise wast thou in thy youth, and, as a flood, filled with understanding!
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὡς ἐσοφίσθης ἐν νεότητί σου, καὶ ἐνεπλήσθης ὡς ποταμὸς συνέσεως.
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