Sirach 31:26

ASV Byzantine Text

The furnace proveth the temper of steel by dipping; So doth wine prove hearts in the quarreling of the proud.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Kuthai kah bibi te hmaihueng loh a noemcai, Yu loh hlang thinko a noemcai tih tohhaemnah a huek.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Audi me, fili, et ne spernas me, et in novissimo invenies verba mea.

Brenton English Septuagint

So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Zoals het werk van den smid wordt beproefd in de oven, Zo ontpopt zich grootspraak door de wijn.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words.

King James Version + Apocrypha

The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: So doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.

LXX2012 U. S. English

The furnace proves the edge by dipping: so does wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.

British English Septuagint 2012

The furnace proves the edge by dipping: so does wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.

Revised Version

The furnace proveth the temper of steel by dipping; So doth wine prove hearts in the quarreling of the proud.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Le four permet de tester la trempe de l'acier par trempage ; de même le vin éprouve les cœurs dans les querelles des orgueilleux.

Spanish BLL

El horno prueba el temple del acero al sumergirlo; así el vino prueba los corazones en las peleas de los soberbios.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El horno prueba el temple del acero por inmersión; así el vino pone a prueba los corazones en la disputa de los soberbios.

Croatian Bible

Kao što se u peći kuša ocjel, tako i u vinu srca svadljivih hvalisavaca.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, And goeth again, and doeth the same: Who will hear his prayer? Or what doth his humbling profit him?

World English Bible (Catholic)

The furnace tests the temper of steel by dipping; so does wine test hearts in the quarreling of the proud.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

The furnace tests the temper of steel by dipping; so does wine test hearts in the quarrelling of the proud.

World English Bible Classic

The furnace tests the temper of steel by dipping; so does wine test hearts in the quarreling of the proud.

World English Bible Updated

The furnace tests the temper of steel by dipping; so does wine test hearts in the quarreling of the proud.

SEPTUAGINTA

κάμινος δοκιμάζει στόμωμα ἐν βαφῇ, οὕτως οἶνος καρδίας ἐν μάχῃ ὑπερηφάνων.

Brenton Septuagint

Οὕτως ἄνθρωπος νηστεύων ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάλιν πορευόμενος, καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ ποιῶν· τῆς προσευχῆς αὐτοῦ τίς εἰσακούσεται; καὶ τί ὠφέλησεν ἐν τῷ ταπεινωθῆναι αὐτόν;

Mashi Bible

Eluganda, muliro barhangulamwo ecûma, ntyo kw’amamvu garhangula emirhima aha abalume banywera.

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