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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 49
In 4 translations
- KJV
- All, except David and Ezekias and Josias, were defective: for they forsook the law of the most High, even the kings of Juda failed.
- WEB
- Except David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, all were wicked, because they abandoned the law of the Most High. The kings of Judah came to an end.
- DRC49:5
- Except David, and Ezechias, and Josias, all committed sin. For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God.
- LXXE
- All, except David and Ezekias and Josias, were defective: for they forsook the law of the most High, even the kings of Juda failed;
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πάρεξ Δαυὶδ, καὶ Ἐζεκίου, καὶ Ἰωσίου, πάντες πλημμέλειαν ἐπλημμέλησαν· κατέλιπον γὰρ τὸν νόμον τοῦ ὑψίστου, οἱ βασιλεῖς Ἰούδα ἐξέλιπον.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 49:5-6 in some Bibles
- 49:4a in most Bibles
- 49:4b in most Bibles