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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
- WEB20:17
- How often, and of how many, will he be laughed to scorn!The latter part of verse 17 is omitted by the best authorities.
- DRC20:19
- For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had.
- LXXE20:17
- How oft, and of how many shall he be laughed to scorn!
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br20:17
- Ποσάκις, καὶ ὅσοι καταγελάσονται αὐτοῦ;
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 20:20 in some Bibles
- 20:18 in most Bibles