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LXX2012

Sirach 27:2

As a nail sticks fast between the joinings of the stones; so does sin stick close between buying and selling.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones; so doth sin stick close between buying and selling.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones; so doth sin stick close between buying and selling.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
As a nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones, so sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling.
World English Bible