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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 5
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall.
- WEB
- Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall.
- DRC5:15
- Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.
- LXXE
- Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Δόξα καὶ ἀτιμία ἐν λαλιᾷ, καὶ γλῶσσα ἀνθρώπου πτῶσις αὐτῷ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 5:15 in some Bibles
- 5:13 in most Bibles