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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 19
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
- WEB
- Question a friend; for many times there is slander. Don’t trust every word.
- DRC
- Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed.
- LXXE
- Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἔλεγξον φίλον, πολλάκις γὰρ γίνεται διαβολὴ, καὶ μὴ παντὶ λόγῳ πίστευε.