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Sirach 17:16

*And he did chuse Israel, as a peculiar people to him self, whome he nourisheth with discipline as his first borne, and giueth him moste louing light, and doeth not forsake him.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
Every man from his youth is given to evil; neither could they make to themselves fleshy hearts for stony.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Every man from his youth is given to evil; neither could they make to themselves fleshy hearts for stony.
King James Version