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Sirach 22:18

Fences set on a high place will not stand against the wind; so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool can’t stand against any fear.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.
King James Version
GNV1560View canonical →
As reedes that are set vp on hie, can not abide the winde, so the fearcful heart with foolish imaginacion can indure no feare.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha
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