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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 16
In 4 translations
- KJV
- He that wanteth understanding will think upon vain things: and a foolish man erring imagineth follies.
- WEB
- He who is lacking in understanding thinks about these things. An unwise and erring man thinks foolishly.Gr. heart.
- DRC
- He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things: and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things.
- LXXE
- He that wanteth understanding will think upon vain things: and a foolish man erring imagineth follies.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐλαττούμενος καρδίᾳ διανοεῖται ταῦτα, καὶ ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ πλανώμενος διανοεῖται μωρά.