Sirach 20:18

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue; So the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: So the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Revised Version ☆

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue; So the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: So the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.

World English Bible Classic ☆

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.

World English Bible Updated ☆

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Cirhong dongah paloe he hmuilai dongah paloe lakah then. Halang kah a cungkunah tah koeloe phoe,

Croatian Bible ☆

Bolje je pokliznuti se na cesti nego na jeziku: tako opakima propast iznenada dolazi.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Liever een gladde vloer dan een gladde tong; Daardoor komt de boze spoedig ten val.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Un faux pas sur un trottoir vaut mieux qu'un faux pas avec la langue. La chute des méchants sera donc rapide.

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

Ὀλίσθημα ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μᾶλλον ἢ ἀπὸ γλώσσης, οὕτως πτῶσις κακῶν κατὰ σπουδὴν ἥξει.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὀλίσθημα ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μᾶλλον ἢ ἀπὸ γλώσσης, οὕτως πτῶσις κακῶν κατὰ σπουδὴν ἥξει.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

qui enim edunt panem illius, falsæ linguæ sunt. Quoties et quanti irridebunt eum !

Mashi Bible ☆

Okusârhala n’amagulu kwo kukulu aha kusârhala n’olulimi; isârhala lya bene eryo lirhahumba mubî.

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Spanish BLL ☆

Un resbalón en el pavimento es mejor que un resbalón de la lengua. Así, la caída de los malvados llegará rápidamente.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Un resbalón en el pavimento es mejor que un resbalón con la lengua. Así que la caída de los malvados vendrá rápidamente.