Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 14:24

ὁ καταλύων σύνεγγυς τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς καὶ πήξει πάσσαλον ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις αὐτῆς,
King James Version (KJV)

He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls.

Modern English

Whoever camps near her house will drive a tent-peg into her walls.

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