Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 40:22

χάριν καὶ κάλλος ἐπιθυμήσει ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα χλόην σπόρου.
King James Version (KJV)

Thine eye desireth favour and beauty: but more than both corn while it is green.

Modern English

The eye longs for grace and beauty, but even more for the green shoots of grain.

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