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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 20:1

In 4 translations

KJV
There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.
WEB
There is a reproof that is not timely; and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent.
DRC19:28
There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an injurious man: and there is a judgment that is not allowed to be good: and there is one that holdeth his peace, he is wise.
LXXE
There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Ἔστιν ἔλεγχος ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ὡραῖος, καὶ ἔστι σιωπῶν καὶ αὐτὸς φρόνιμος.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 19:28 in some Bibles
  • 20:1 in most Bibles

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