Sirach 20:29

ASV Byzantine Text

Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, And as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Kolo sai neh kapbaih loh hlangcueih mik a dael sak tih, a toel pawt hamla a kam te khoep a khom pah.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Sapiens in verbis producet seipsum, et homo prudens placebit magnatis.

Brenton English Septuagint

Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and stop up his mouth that he cannot reprove.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Giften en geschenken verblinden het oog van den wijze, En houden als een muilkorf de berisping terug in zijn mond.

Douay-Rheims 1899

A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and stop up his mouth that he cannot reprove.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, And stop up his mouth that he cannot reprove.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and stop up his mouth that he can’t reprove.

British English Septuagint 2012

Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and stop up his mouth that he can’t reprove.

Revised Version

Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, And as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Les faveurs et les cadeaux aveuglent les yeux des sages, et comme une muselière sur la bouche, détourner les réprimandes.

Spanish BLL

Los favores y los regalos ciegan los ojos de los sabios, y como un bozal en la boca, desvían las reprensiones.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Los favores y los regalos ciegan los ojos de los sabios, y como un bozal en la boca, rechaza las reprimendas.

Croatian Bible

Darovi i pokloni zasljepljuju oči mudracima i kao brnjica na ustima zaustavljaju ukore.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, And stop up his mouth that he cannot reprove.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Favors and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Favours and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs.

World English Bible Classic

Favors and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs.

World English Bible Updated

Favors and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs.

SEPTUAGINTA

ξένια καὶ δῶρα ἀποτυφλοῖ ὀφθαλμοὺς σοφῶν καὶ ὡς φιμὸς ἐν στόματι ἀποτρέπει ἐλεγμούς.

Brenton Septuagint

Ξένια καὶ δῶρα ἀποτυφλοῖ ὀφθαλμοὺς σοφῶν, καὶ ὡς φιμὸς ἐν στόματι ἀποτρέπει ἐλεγμούς.

Mashi Bible

Okushegulwa n’okurhûlwa binarhume abagula bahûrha amasù, kubè kubashwêka akanwa mpu bakanaderha.

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