Parallel SIR 27:4

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B I ◄ ← Sir 27:4 ↓ → ► ©

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BrLXX Ἐν σείσματι κοσκίνου διαμένει κοπρία, οὕτως σκύβαλα ἀνθρώπου ἐν λογισμῷ αὐτοῦ.
(En seismati koskinou diamenei kopria, houtōs skubala anthrōpou en logismōi autou. )

BrTr As when one sifteth with a sieve, the refuse remaineth; so the filth of man in his talk.

WEBBE ⇔ In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains,
⇔ so does the filth of man in his thoughts.

KJB-1611 [fn]As when one sifteth with a sieue, the refuse remaineth, so the filth of man in his talke.
(As when one sifteth with a sieue, the refuse remaineth, so the filth of man in his talk.)

27:4 Or, thought