In his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
LXX
Sirach 50:3
in his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
Parallel Translations
In his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
In his days, a water cistern was dug, the brazen vessel like the sea in circumference.