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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 4 translations
- KJV
- If children live honestly, and have wherewithal, they shall cover the baseness of their parents.
- WEB
- Verses 9 and 10 are omitted by the best authorities.
- DRC22:8
- He that telleth a word to him that heareth not, is like one that waketh a man out of a deep sleep.
- LXXE
- Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Συγκολλῶν ὄστρακον ὁ διδάσκων μωρὸν, ἐξεγείρων καθεύδοντα ἐκ βαθέως ὕπνου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 22:7-8 in some Bibles
- 22:9b in most Bibles