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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool’s mouth; for he will not speak it in due season.
- WEB20:19
- A man without grace is a tale out of season. It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant.
- DRC20:21
- A man without grace is as a vain fable, it shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise.
- LXXE20:19
- An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br20:19
- Ἄνθρωπος ἄχαρις, μύθος ἄκαιρος, ἐν στόματι ἀπαιδεύτων ἐνδελεχισθήσεται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 20:22 in some Bibles
- 20:20 in most Bibles