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LXX

Sirach 40:15

The children of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches: but are as unclean roots upon a hard rock.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
The children of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches: but are as unclean roots upon a hard rock.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
The children of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches: but are as unclean roots upon a hard rock.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
The children of the ungodly won’t grow many branches, and are as unhealthy roots on a sheer rock.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
The children of the vngodlie shal not obteine manie branches: for the vncleane rootes are as vpon the high rockes.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha