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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 23
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words will never be reformed all the days of his life.
- WEB
- A man who is accustomed to abusive language won’t be corrected all the days of his life.
- DRC23:20
- The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life.
- LXXE
- The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words will never be reformed all the days of his life.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἄνθρωπος συνεθιζόμενος λόγοις ὀνειδισμοῦ, ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ παιδευθῇ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 23:20 in some Bibles
- 23:15 in most Bibles