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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss.
- WEB
- Don’t be hasty with your tongue, or slack and negligent in your deeds.
- DRC4:34
- Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in thy works.
- LXXE
- Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ γίνου τραχὺς ἐν γλώσσῃ σου, καὶ νωθρὸς καὶ παρειμένος ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις σου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 4:34 in some Bibles
- 4:29 in most Bibles