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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 27
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The discourse of fools is irksome, and their sport is the wantonness of sin.
- WEB
- The talk of fools is offensive. Their laughter is wantonly sinful.
- DRC27:14
- The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.
- LXXE
- The discourse of fools is irksome, and their sport is the wantonness of sin.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Διήγησις μωρῶν προσόχθισμα, καὶ ὁ γέλως αὐτῶν ἐν σπατάλῃ ἁμαρτίας.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:14 in some Bibles
- 27:13 in most Bibles