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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.
- WEB
- A slothful man is compared to a stone that is defiled. Everyone will hiss at him in his disgrace.
- DRC
- The sluggard is pelted with a dirty stone, and all men will speak of his disgrace.
- LXXE
- A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Λίθῳ ἠρδαλωμένῳ συνεβλήθη ὀκνηρὸς, καὶ πᾶς ἐκσυριεῖ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀτιμίᾳ αὐτοῦ.