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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A lie is a foul blot in a man, yet it is continually in the mouth of the untaught.
- WEB20:23
- There is one who for bashfulness makes promises to his friend; and he makes him his enemy for nothing.
- DRC20:25
- There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.
- LXXE20:23
- There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br20:23
- Ἔστι χάριν αἰσχύνης ἐπαγγελλόμενος φίλῳ, καὶ ἐκτήσατο αὐτὸν ἐχθρὸν δωρεάν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 20:26 in some Bibles
- 20:24 in most Bibles