Sirach 16:4

ASV Byzantine Text

For from one that hath understanding shall a city be peopled; But a race of wicked men shall be made desolate.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Rhung tue pawt ah na nguek uh hae vetih, buengrhuet a hmata uh te ni na ming hae eh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

et utile est mori sine filiis, quam relinquere filios impios.

Brenton English Septuagint

For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Door één godvrezende blijft een stad bewoond; Maar door een geslacht van zondaars gaat ze te gronde.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.

King James Version + Apocrypha

For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: But the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.

LXX2012 U. S. English

For by one that has understanding shall the city be replenished: but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.

British English Septuagint 2012

For by one that has understanding shall the city be replenished: but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.

Revised Version

For from one that hath understanding shall a city be peopled; But a race of wicked men shall be made desolate.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Car de celui qui a de l'intelligence, une ville sera peuplée, mais une race d'hommes méchants sera désolée.

Spanish BLL

Porque por uno que tiene entendimiento, una ciudad será poblada, pero una raza de hombres malvados quedará desolada.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Porque de quien tiene entendimiento, se poblará una ciudad, pero una raza de malvados será desolada.

Croatian Bible

Jer jedan razborit čovjek napuči grad, a rod zlikovaca razori ga.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: But the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.

World English Bible (Catholic)

For from one who has understanding, a city will be populated, but a race of wicked men will be made desolate.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

For from one who has understanding, a city will be populated, but a race of wicked men will be made desolate.

World English Bible Classic

For from one who has understanding, a city will be populated, but a race of wicked men will be made desolate.

World English Bible Updated

For from one who has understanding, a city will be populated, but a race of wicked men will be made desolate.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἀπὸ γὰρ ἑνὸς συνετοῦ συνοικισθήσεται πόλις, φυλὴ δὲ ἀνόμων ἐρημωθήσεται.

Brenton Septuagint

ἀπὸ γὰρ ἑνὸς συνετοῦ συνοικισθήσεται πόλις, φυλὴ δὲ ἀνόμων ἐρημωθήσεται.

Mashi Bible

Omuntu muguma nkana anabumbe olugo, iburha ly’ababî kuhwa linahwa.

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