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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly: and he that confesseth his fault shall be preserved from hurt.
- WEB
- How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry. He who confesses will be kept back from harm.
- DRC20:1
- How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer.
- LXXE
- It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly:
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὡς καλὸν ἐλέγξαι ἢ θυμοῦσθαι,
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 20:1a in some Bibles
- 20:2-3 in some Bibles