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LXX

Sirach 40:17

Bountifulness is as a most fruitful garden, and mercifulness endureth for ever.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
Bountifulness is as a most fruitful garden, and mercifulness endures for ever.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Bountifulness is as a most fruitful garden, and mercifulness endureth for ever.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Kindness is like a garden of blessings. Almsgiving endures forever.
World English Bible