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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 8
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
- WEB
- Don’t argue with a loudmouthed man. Don’t heap wood upon his fire.
- DRC8:4
- Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
- LXXE
- Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ διαμάχου μετὰ ἀνθρώπου γλωσσώδους, καὶ μὴ ἐπιστοιβάσῃς ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτοῦ ξύλα.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:4 in some Bibles
- 8:3 in most Bibles