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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- He that useth many words shall be abhorred; and he that taketh to himself authority therein shall be hated.
- WEB
- He who uses many words will be abhorred. He who takes authority for himself will be hated in it.
- DRC
- He that useth many words shall hurt his own soul: and he that taketh authority to himself unjustly shall be hated.
- LXXE
- He that useth many words shall be abhorred; and he that taketh to himself authority therein shall be hated.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ πλεονάζων λόγῳ βδελυχθήσεται, καὶ ὁ ἐνεξουσιαζόμενος μισηθήσεται.