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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a man without understanding.
- WEB
- Sand, salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear than a man without understanding.
- DRC22:18
- Sand and salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear, than a man without sense, that is both foolish and wicked.
- LXXE
- Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, are easier to bear, than a man without understanding.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἄμμον καὶ ἅλα καὶ βῶλον σιδήρου εὔκοπον ὑπενεγκεῖν, ἢ ἄνθρωπον ἀσύνετον.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 22:18 in some Bibles
- 22:15 in most Bibles