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Sirach 27:9

Birds will return to their own kind, so truth will return to those who practice it.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
The birds will resort unto their like; so will truth return unto them that practise in her.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
The birds will resort to their like; so will truth return to them that practise in her.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
The birds will resort unto their like; so will truth return unto them that practise in her.
King James Version
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