Sirach 20:18

ASV Byzantine Text

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue; So the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Cirhong dongah paloe he hmuilai dongah paloe lakah then. Halang kah a cungkunah tah koeloe phoe,

Clementine Vulgate 1598

qui enim edunt panem illius, falsæ linguæ sunt. Quoties et quanti irridebunt eum !

Brenton English Septuagint

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Liever een gladde vloer dan een gladde tong; Daardoor komt de boze spoedig ten val.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!

King James Version + Apocrypha

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: So the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

LXX2012 U. S. English

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

British English Septuagint 2012

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Revised Version

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue; So the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Un faux pas sur un trottoir vaut mieux qu'un faux pas avec la langue. La chute des méchants sera donc rapide.

Spanish BLL

Un resbalón en el pavimento es mejor que un resbalón de la lengua. Así, la caída de los malvados llegará rápidamente.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Un resbalón en el pavimento es mejor que un resbalón con la lengua. Así que la caída de los malvados vendrá rápidamente.

Croatian Bible

Bolje je pokliznuti se na cesti nego na jeziku: tako opakima propast iznenada dolazi.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: So the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

World English Bible (Catholic)

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.

World English Bible Classic

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.

World English Bible Updated

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.

SEPTUAGINTA

Ὀλίσθημα ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μᾶλλον ἢ ἀπὸ γλώσσης, οὕτως πτῶσις κακῶν κατὰ σπουδὴν ἥξει.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὀλίσθημα ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μᾶλλον ἢ ἀπὸ γλώσσης, οὕτως πτῶσις κακῶν κατὰ σπουδὴν ἥξει.

Mashi Bible

Okusârhala n’amagulu kwo kukulu aha kusârhala n’olulimi; isârhala lya bene eryo lirhahumba mubî.

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