Sirach 42:14

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant-dealing woman, And a woman who putteth thee to shameful reproach.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, A woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which brings shame and reproach.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which brings shame and reproach.

Revised Version ☆

Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant-dealing woman, And a woman which putteth thee to shameful reproach.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, A woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Tongpa kah a halangnah he huta kah boethen lakah phoeng, Huta long he yahpohnah neh mingthae khaw a phueih thai.

Croatian Bible ☆

Bolja je zloća muška nego dobrota ženska; od žene potječe sramota i ruglo.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Beter een slechte man dan een slechte vrouw; Want een huis vol schande brengt zo'n vrouw te weeg.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Mieux vaut la méchanceté d'un homme qu'une femme agréable, une femme qui vous fait honte et vous déshonore.

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

κρείσσων πονηρία ἀνδρὸς ἢ ἀγαθοποιὸς γυνή, καὶ γυνὴ καταισχύνουσα εἰς ὀνειδισμόν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Κρείσσων πονηρία ἀνδρὸς ἢ ἀγαθοποιὸς γυνὴ, καὶ γυνὴ καταισχύνουσα εἰς ὀνειδισμόν.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Melior est enim iniquitas viri quam mulier benefaciens, et mulier confundens in opprobrium.]

Mashi Bible ☆

Obubî bw’omulume bwo bukulu aha bwinjà bw’omukazi: omukazi analêrhe ihanja n’ecitumulè.

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Spanish BLL ☆

Mejor es la maldad de un hombre que una mujer complaciente, una mujer que te trae vergüenza y deshonra.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Mejor es la maldad de un hombre que una mujer agradable, una mujer que te avergüenza y deshonra.