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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 11
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Answer not before thou hast heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk.
- WEB
- Don’t answer before you have heard. Don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking.
- DRC
- Before thou hear, answer not a word: and interrupt not others in the midst of their discourse.
- LXXE
- Answer not before thou hast heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πρὶν ἢ ἀκοῦσαι μὴ ἀποκρίνου, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ λόγων μὴ παρεμβάλλου.