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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Necessary patience in seeking the Lord is better than he that leadeth his life without a guide.
- WEB20:31
- Better is a man who hides his folly than a man who hides his wisdom. Verse 32 is omitted by the best authorities.
- DRC20:33
- Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.
- LXXE20:31
- Better is he that hideth his folly than a man that hideth his wisdom.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br20:31
- Κρείσσων ἄνθρωπος ἀποκρύπτων τὴν μωρίαν αὐτοῦ, ἢ ἄνθρωπος ἀποκρύπτων τὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles