Sirach 9:8

ASV Byzantine Text

Turn away thine eye from a comely woman, And gaze not on another’s beauty: By the beauty of a woman many have been led astray; And herewith love is kindled as a fire.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Na mik te aka phuekhlak nu taeng lamloh hoi lamtah, hlang taengkah sawthennah dongah mik-e boeh. Huta sakthen loh muep a yoek uh coeng tih, a lungduek loh hmai bangla a kolh uh coeng.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Averte faciem tuam a muliere compta, et ne circumspicias speciem alienam.

Brenton English Septuagint

Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wend uw blik af van een mooie vrouw, En kijk niet naar schoonheid, die u niet toekomt. Door vrouwenschoonheid kwamen velen ten val; Want de hartstocht vlamt op als een vuur.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another’s beauty.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another’s beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, And look not upon another’s beauty; For many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; For herewith love is kindled as a fire.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Turn away your eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.

British English Septuagint 2012

Turn away your eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.

Revised Version

Turn away thine eye from a comely woman, And gaze not on another’s beauty: By the beauty of a woman many have been led astray; And herewith love is kindled as a fire.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Détournez votre regard d'une belle femme, et ne regardez pas la beauté d'un autre. Beaucoup ont été trompés par la beauté d'une femme ; et avec ça, la passion s'allume comme un feu.

Spanish BLL

Aparta tus ojos de una mujer hermosa, y no fijes tu mirada en la belleza ajena. Muchos se han descarriado por la belleza de una mujer; y con esto, la pasión se enciende como un fuego.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Desviar la mirada de una mujer hermosa, y no mires la belleza de otro. Muchos se han dejado llevar por la belleza de una mujer; y con esto, la pasión se enciende como un fuego.

Croatian Bible

Odvrati pogled svoj od ljupke žene i ne gledaj tuđu ljepotu. Mnoge već zavede ženina ljepota, koja želju raspaljuje kao vatru.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, And look not upon another’s beauty; For many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; For herewith love is kindled as a fire.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire.

World English Bible Classic

Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire.

World English Bible Updated

Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἀπόστρεψον ὀφθαλμὸν ἀπὸ γυναικὸς εὐμόρφου, καὶ μὴ καταμάνθανε κάλλος ἀλλότριον· ἐν κάλλει γυναικὸς πολλοὶ ἐπλανήθησαν, καὶ ἐκ τούτου φιλία ὡς πῦρ ἀνακαίεται.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἀπόστρεψον ὀφθαλμὸν ἀπὸ γυναικὸς εὐμόρφου, καὶ μὴ καταμάνθανε κάλλος ἀλλότριον· ἐν κάλλει γυναικὸς πολλοὶ ἐπλανήθησαν, καὶ ἐκ τούτου φιλία ὡς πῦρ ἀνακαίεται.

Mashi Bible

Omuhya mwinjà, orhahîra okamukonolera amasù, orhanahîraga okasingiriza mukà bêne. Banji barhebirwe n’iranga ly’omukazi, amagene gâbo gayâka nka muliro.

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