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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 21
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A fool will peep in at the door into the house: but he that is well nurtured will stand without.
- WEB
- A foolish man peers into the door of a house, but a man who is instructed will stand outside.
- DRC21:26
- A fool will peep through the window into the house: but he that is well taught will stand without.
- LXXE
- A fool will peep in at the door into the house: but he that is well nurtured will stand without.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἄφρων ἀπὸ θύρας παρακύπτει εἰς οἰκίαν, ἀνὴρ δὲ πεπαιδευμένος ἔξω στήσεται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 21:26 in some Bibles
- 21:23 in most Bibles