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LXX2012

Sirach 22:2

A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill. Anyone who picks it up will shake it out of his hand.
World English Bible
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