Sirach 4:23

ASV Byzantine Text

Refrain not speech, when it tendeth to safety; And hide not thy wisdom for the sake of fair-seeming.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A tuengnah dongah tah olcal khaw paih boeh, na cueinah khaw phah boeh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

[Fili, conserva tempus, et devita a malo.

Brenton English Septuagint

And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, and hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Houd op zijn tijd het woord niet achter, En uw wijsheid niet verborgen;

Douay-Rheims 1899

Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, and hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, And hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, and hide not your wisdom in her beauty.

British English Septuagint 2012

And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, and hide not your wisdom in her beauty.

Revised Version

Refrain not speech, when it tendeth to safety; And hide not thy wisdom for the sake of fair-seeming.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ne vous abstenez pas de parler lorsque c'est pour votre sécurité. Ne cachez pas votre sagesse pour avoir l'air juste.

Spanish BLL

No te abstengas de hablar cuando sea por seguridad. No ocultes tu sabiduría por aparentar ser justo.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

No te abstengas de hablar cuando sea por seguridad. No ocultes tu sabiduría para parecer justo.

Croatian Bible

Ne susteži svoje riječi u pravo vrijeme i ne skrivaj svoje mudrosti.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, And hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.

World English Bible Classic

Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.

World English Bible Updated

Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.

SEPTUAGINTA

μὴ κωλύσῃς λόγον ἐν καιρῷ σωτηρίας·

Brenton Septuagint

Μὴ κωλύσῃς λόγον ἐν καιρῷ σωτηρίας,

Mashi Bible

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