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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 9

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 9:3

In 4 translations

KJV
Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.
WEB
Don’t go to meet a woman who plays the prostitute, lest perhaps you fall into her snares.
DRC
Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.
LXXE
Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Μὴ ὑπάντα γυναικὶ ἑταιριζομένῃ, μήποτε ἐμπέσῃς εἰς τὰς παγίδας αὐτῆς.

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