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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 21
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
- WEB
- Instruction is as fetters on the feet of an unwise man, and as manacles on the right hand.
- DRC21:22
- Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
- LXXE
- Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πέδαι ἐν ποσὶν ἀνόητοις παιδεία, καὶ ὡς χειροπέδαι ἐπὶ χειρὸς δεξιᾶς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 21:22 in some Bibles
- 21:19 in most Bibles