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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 21
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A foolish man’s foot is soon in his neighbour’s house: but a man of experience is ashamed of him.
- WEB
- The foot of a fool rushes into a house, but a man of experience will be ashamed of entering.
- DRC21:25
- The foot of a fool is soon in his neighbour’s house: but a man of experience will be abashed at the person of the mighty.
- LXXE
- A foolish man's foot is soon in [his neighbour's] house: but a man of experience is ashamed of him.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ποὺς μωροῦ ταχὺς εἰς οἰκίαν, ἄνθρωπος δὲ πολύπειρος αἰσχυνθήσεται ἀπὸ προσώπου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 21:25 in some Bibles
- 21:22 in most Bibles