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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 19
In 4 translations
- KJV
- As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh, so is a word within a fool’s belly.
- WEB
- As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh, so is gossip in a fool.
- DRC
- As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool.
- LXXE
- As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh, so is a word within a fool's belly.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Βέλος πεπηγὸς ἐν μηρῷ σαρκὸς, οὕτως λόγος ἐν κοιλίᾳ μωροῦ.