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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 9
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
- WEB
- Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom, and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself.
- DRC
- Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.
- LXXE
- Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ζήλου γυναῖκα τοῦ κόλπου σου, μηδὲ διδάξῃς ἐπὶ σεαυτὸν παιδείαν πονηράν.