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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 50
In 4 translations
- KJV
- He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:
- WEB
- He planned to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city against siege.
- DRC
- He took care of his nation, and delivered it from destruction.
- LXXE
- he took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- ὁ φροντίζων τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ πτώσεως, καὶ ἐνισχύσας πόλιν ἐμπολιορκῆσαι,