Parallel SIR 22:27

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B I ◄ ← Sir 22:27 ↓ ► ©

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BrLXX Τίς δώσει μοι ἐπὶ στόμα μου φυλακὴν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν χειλέων μου σφραγίδα πανοῦργον, ἵνα μὴ πέσω ἀπʼ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσά μου ἀπολέσῃ με;
(Tis dōsei moi epi stoma mou fulakaʸn, kai epi tōn ⱪeileōn mou sfragida panourgon, hina maʸ pesō apʼ autaʸs, kai haʸ glōssa mou apolesaʸ me; )

BrTr Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?

WEBBE ⇔ Who will set a watch over my mouth,
⇔ and a seal of shrewdness upon my lips,
⇔ that I may not fall from it, and that my tongue may not destroy me?

KJB-1611 [fn]Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seale of wisedome vpon my lippes, that I fall not suddenly by them, & that my tongue destroy me not?
(Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seale of wisdom upon my lippes, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?)

22:27 Psal.141. 3.