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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 27
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The discourse of a godly man is always with wisdom; but a fool changeth as the moon.
- WEB
- The discourse of a godly man is always wise, but the fool changes like the moon.
- DRC27:12
- A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.
- LXXE
- The discourse of a godly man is always with wisdom; but a fool changeth as the moon.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Διήγησις εὐσεβοῦς διαπαντὸς σοφία, ὁ δὲ ἄφρων ὡς σελήνη ἀλλοιοῦται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:12 in some Bibles
- 27:11 in most Bibles