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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

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.

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.

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.

Croatian Bible ☆

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

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

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

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.

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

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

Mashi Bible ☆

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

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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.