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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 25
In 4 translations
- KJV
- As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.
- WEB
- As walking up a sandy hill is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.
- DRC25:27
- As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.
- LXXE
- As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἀνάβασις ἀμμώδης ἐν ποσὶ πρεσβυτέρου· οὕτως γυνὴ γλωσσώδης ἀνδρὶ ἡσύχῳ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 25:27 in some Bibles
- 25:20 in most Bibles