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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 21
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The heart of fools is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
- WEB
- The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is their heart.
- DRC21:29
- The heart of fools is in their mouth: and the mouth of wise men is in their heart.
- LXXE
- The heart of fools is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐν στόματι μωρῶν ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν, καρδία δὲ σοφῶν στόμα αὐτῶν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 21:29 in some Bibles
- 21:26 in most Bibles