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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 23

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 23:7

In 4 translations

KJV
Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken in his lips.
WEB
Listen, my children, to the discipline of the mouth. He who keeps it will not be caught.
DRC
Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: and he that will keep it shall not perish by his lips, nor be brought to fall into most wicked works.
LXXE
Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken in his lips.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Παιδείαν στόματος ἀκούσατε τέκνα, καὶ ὁ φυλάσσων οὐ μὴ ἁλῷ ἐν τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ.

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