Sirach 8:3

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Contend not with a man that is full of tongue, And heap not wood upon his fire.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

For gold and silver hath destroyed many, and hath reached even to the heart of kings, and perverted them.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, And heap not wood upon his fire.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.

Revised Version ☆

Contend not with a man that is full of tongue, And heap not wood upon his fire.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, And heap not wood upon his fire.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Don’t argue with a loudmouthed man. Don’t heap wood upon his fire.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Don’t argue with a loudmouthed man. Don’t heap wood upon his fire.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Don’t argue with a loudmouthed man. Don’t heap wood upon his fire.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Don’t argue with a loudmouthed man. Don’t heap wood upon his fire.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Ka aka ang soeh nen khaw tuituk uh boel lamtah, amih kah hmai dongah thing cum pah boeh.

Croatian Bible ☆

Ne prepiri se s čovjekom hitra jezika i ne meći mu drva na vatru.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Strijd niet tegen een grote mond; Want het is hout werpen op het vuur.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ne discutez pas avec un homme qui parle fort. N'entassez pas de bois sur son feu.

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

μὴ διαμάχου μετὰ ἀνθρώπου γλωσσώδους καὶ μὴ ἐπιστοιβάσῃς ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτοῦ ξύλα.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Μὴ διαμάχου μετὰ ἀνθρώπου γλωσσώδους, καὶ μὴ ἐπιστοιβάσῃς ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτοῦ ξύλα.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

multos enim perdidit aurum et argentum, et usque ad cor regum extendit et convertit.

Mashi Bible ☆

Orhajâga kadali mwe na kadegende, kuli kuhira enshâli oku cîko.

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Spanish BLL ☆

No discutas con un hombre charlatán. No eches leña a su fuego.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

No discutas con un bocazas. No eches leña al fuego.