Water will quench a flaming fire; and alms makes an atonement for sins.
LXX
Sirach 3:30
Water will quench a flaming fire; and alms maketh an atonement for sins.
Parallel Translations
Water will quench a flaming fire; and alms maketh an atonement for sins.
Water will quench a flaming fire; almsgiving will make atonement for sins.
The persuasion of the proude is without remedie, & his steppes shalbe plucked vp: for the plant of sinne hathe taken roote in him, [and he shal not be estemed.]