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Sirach 42:6

A seal is good where an evil wife is. Where there are many hands, lock things up.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and locked up, where many hands are.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.
King James Version