Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 17:16

[Ἑλλ. — ὁ στίχος ἀπουσιάζει ἀπὸ τὸ κύριο κείμενο τῶν Ο΄ (Rahlfs)· προσθήκη τῆς παλαιᾶς Λατινικῆς παράδοσης, ὅπως ἀκολουθεῖ τὸ KJV] πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ νεότητος αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸ κακὸν ρέπει, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν ποιῆσαι ἑαυτοῖς καρδίας σαρκίνας ἀντὶ λιθίνων.

King James Version (KJV)

Every man from his youth is given to evil; neither could they make to themselves fleshy hearts for stony.

Modern English

[Every person is prone to evil from youth, and none of them could turn their hearts of stone into hearts of flesh.]

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