Sirach 22:18

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Palisades set on a high place will not stand against the wind: So a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Sand and salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear, than a man without sense, that is both foolish and wicked.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Pales set on a high place will never stand against the wind: So a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool can’t stand against any fear.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool can’t stand against any fear.

Revised Version ☆

Pales set on a high place will not stand against the wind: So a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Pales set on a high place will never stand against the wind: So a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Fences set on a high place will not stand against the wind; so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Fences set on a high place will not stand against the wind; so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Fences set on a high place will not stand against the wind; so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Fences set on a high place will not stand against the wind; so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hmuensang kah tanglung a khueng loh Khohli a oel thai pawt banghui la, rhalyawp lungbuei nen ni hlang ang loh a amah eh, mebang rhihnah khaw khak oel thai mah pawh.

Croatian Bible ☆

Kao što kamenčići na visoku zidu ne mogu odoljeti vjetru, tako ni srce zaplašeno luđačkim tlapnjama ne odolijeva nikakvu strahu.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Maar stenen zonder kalk op elkaar gestapeld, Houden geen stand voor de storm. Zo is het hart, dat de plannen vreest van een dwaas, Tegen geen enkele angst bestand.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Les clôtures placées sur un lieu élevé ne résisteront pas au vent ; Ainsi, un cœur craintif dans l'imagination d'un fou ne résistera à aucune peur.

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

χάρακες ἐπὶ μετεώρου κείμενοι κατέναντι ἀνέμου οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνωσιν· οὕτως καρδία δειλὴ ἐπὶ διανοήματος μωροῦ κατέναντι παντὸς φόβου οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Χάρακες ἐπὶ μετεώρου κείμενοι κατέναντι ἀνέμου οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνωσιν, οὕτως καρδία δειλὴ ἐπὶ διανοήματος μωροῦ κατέναντι παντὸς φόβου οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Arenam, et salem, et massam ferri facilius est ferre quam hominem imprudentem, et fatuum, et impium.]

Mashi Bible ☆

Orhubuye rhutya-rhutya ah’irhwêrhwè ly’olukûta, rhurhalindira mpûsi, omurhima gw’ecingolongolo ebi gugerêreza byo binaguyôbohya.

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Spanish BLL ☆

Las cercas puestas en un lugar alto no resistirán contra el viento; así un corazón temeroso en la imaginación de un necio no resistirá contra ningún temor.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Las vallas colocadas en un lugar alto no resistirán el viento; por lo que un corazón temeroso en la imaginación de un tonto no resistirá ningún temor.