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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 9
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.
- WEB
- Don’t gaze at a virgin, lest perhaps you stumble and incur penalties for her.
- DRC
- Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.
- LXXE
- Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Παρθένον μὴ καταμάνθανε, μήποτε σκανδαλισθῇς ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτιμίοις αὐτῆς.