Sirach 20:1

ASV Byzantine Text

There is a reproof that is not comely; And there is a man that keepeth silence, and he is wise.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A tuetang mueh la hlang aka ho khaw om, Tedae kammueh la aka om hlang tah cueih.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

[Quam bonum est arguere, quam irasci, et confitentem in oratione non prohibere !

Brenton English Septuagint

There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Soms is een terechtwijzing wel wat ontijdig; Zwijgen kan soms verstandig zijn.

Douay-Rheims 1899

How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer.

King James Version + Apocrypha

There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

There is a reproof that is not comely: Again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.

LXX2012 U. S. English

There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holds his tongue, and he is wise.

British English Septuagint 2012

There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holds his tongue, and he is wise.

Revised Version

There is a reproof that is not comely; And there is a man that keepeth silence, and he is wise.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Il y a un reproche qui n'est pas opportun ; et il y a une personne qui est assez sage pour garder le silence.

Spanish BLL

Hay una reprensión que es inoportuna; y hay quien es lo suficientemente sabio para guardar silencio.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Hay una reprimenda que no es oportuna; y hay una persona que es lo suficientemente sabia como para guardar silencio.

Croatian Bible

Ima prijekor koji nije zgodan, i ima tko prešuti, i taj je razuman.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

There is a reproof that is not comely: Again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.

World English Bible (Catholic)

There is a reproof that is not timely; and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

There is a reproof that is not timely; and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent.

World English Bible Classic

There is a reproof that is not timely; and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent.

World English Bible Updated

There is a reproof that is not timely; and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent.

SEPTUAGINTA

ΕΣΤΙΝ ἔλεγχος ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ὡραῖος, καὶ ἔστι σιωπῶν καὶ αὐτὸς φρόνιμος.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἔστιν ἔλεγχος ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ὡραῖος, καὶ ἔστι σιωπῶν καὶ αὐτὸς φρόνιμος.

Mashi Bible

Hali ebinwa by’obukali birhalusire, hali n’okuhulika kuyêrekana omuntu w’obukengêre.

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