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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A wise man by his words maketh him beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.
- WEB
- He who is wise in words will make himself beloved; but the pleasantries of fools will be wasted.
- DRC
- A man wise in words shall make himself beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.
- LXXE
- A wise man by his words maketh himself beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ σοφὸς ἐν λόγῳ ἑαυτὸν προσφιλῆ ποιήσει, χάριτες δὲ μωρῶν ἐκχυθήσονται.