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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- There is that is hindered from sinning through want: and when he taketh rest, he shall not be troubled.
- WEB20:20
- A parable from a fool’s mouth will be rejected; for he won’t tell it at the proper time.
- DRC20:22
- A parable coming out, of a fool’s mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due season.
- LXXE20:20
- A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool's mouth; for he will not speak it in due season.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br20:20
- Ἀπὸ στόματος μωροῦ ἀποδοκιμασθήσεται παραβολὴ, οὐ γὰρ μὴ εἴπῃ αὐτὴν ἐν καιρῷ αὐτῆς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 20:23 in some Bibles
- 20:21 in most Bibles