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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 4 translations
- KJV
- What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool?
- WEB
- What would be heavier than lead? What is its name, but “Fool”?
- DRC22:17
- What is heavier than lead? and what other name hath he but fool?
- LXXE
- What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὑπὲρ μόλυβδον τί βαρυνθήσεται; καὶ τί αὐτῷ ὄνομα, ἀλλʼ ἢ μωρός;
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 22:17 in some Bibles
- 22:14 in most Bibles