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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A tale out of season is as musick in mourning: but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time.
- WEB
- Ill-timed conversation is like music in mourning, but stripes and correction are wisdom in every season.
- DRC
- A tale out of time is like music in mourning: but the stripes and instruction of wisdom are never out of time.
- LXXE
- A tale out of season [is as] music in mourning: but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μουσικὰ ἐν πένθει ἄκαιρος διήγησις, μάστιγες καὶ παιδεία ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ σοφίας.