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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise.
- WEB20:18
- A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.
- DRC20:20
- The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
- LXXE20:18
- To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br20:18
- Ὀλίσθημα ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μᾶλλον ἢ ἀπὸ γλώσσης, οὕτως πτῶσις κακῶν κατὰ σπουδὴν ἥξει.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 20:21 in some Bibles
- 20:19 in most Bibles