In his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
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Sirach 50:3
in his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
Parallel Translations
In his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
In his days, a water cistern was dug, the brazen vessel like the sea in circumference.
In his daies the places, to receiue water that were decaied, were restored & the brasse was about in measure as the sea.