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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 3 translations
- KJV
- But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of nurture do stain the nobility of their kindred.
- DRC22:9
- He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the discourse he saith: Who is this?
- LXXE
- He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber: when he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Διηγούμενος νυστάζοντι ὁ διηγούμενος μωρῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ ἐρεῖ, τί ἐστιν;
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 22:9 in some Bibles
- 22:10 in most Bibles