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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 23
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The sinner shall be left in his foolishness: both the evil speaker and the proud shall fall thereby.
- WEB
- The sinner will be overpowered through his lips. By them, the insulter and the arrogant will stumble.
- DRC
- A sinner is caught in his own vanity, and the proud and the evil speakers shall fall thereby.
- LXXE
- The sinner shall be left in his foolishness: both the evil speaker and the proud shall fall thereby.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καταλειφθήσεται ἁμαρτωλὸς, καὶ λοίδορος καὶ ὑπερήφανος σκανδαλισθήσονται ἐν αὐτοῖς.