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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 7
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.
- WEB
- Do you have children? Correct them, and make them obedient from their youth.
- DRC7:25
- Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood.
- LXXE
- Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Τέκνα σοί ἐστι, παίδευσον αὐτὰ, καὶ κάμψον ἐκ νεότητος τὸν τράχηλον αὐτῶν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 7:25 in some Bibles
- 7:23 in most Bibles