Sirach 42:6

ASV Byzantine Text

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; And where many hands are, shut thou close.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Uepvawt nu kongah kutha khueh ham khaw, kut a yet nah ah thoh kalh ham khaw yak boeh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Super mulierem nequam bonum est signum.

Brenton English Septuagint

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and locked up, where many hands are.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Bij een slechte vrouw is een zegel verstandig; Waar veel handen zijn, komt een sleutel van pas.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; And shut up, where many hands are.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.

British English Septuagint 2012

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.

Revised Version

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; And where many hands are, shut thou close.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Un sceau est bon là où se trouve une femme mauvaise. Là où il y a beaucoup de mains, verrouillez les choses.

Spanish BLL

Es bueno poner un sello donde hay una mala esposa. Donde hay muchas manos, guarda las cosas bajo llave.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Un sello es bueno donde hay una esposa mala. Donde hay muchas manos, cierra las cosas.

Croatian Bible

Kad je žena radoznala, dobar je pečat; a gdje je mnogo ruku, zaključavaj.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; And locked up, where many hands are.

World English Bible (Catholic)

A seal is good where an evil wife is. Where there are many hands, lock things up.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

A seal is good where an evil wife is. Where there are many hands, lock things up.

World English Bible Classic

A seal is good where an evil wife is. Where there are many hands, lock things up.

World English Bible Updated

A seal is good where an evil wife is. Where there are many hands, lock things up.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἐπὶ γυναικὶ πονηρᾷ καλὸν σφραγίς, καὶ ὅπου χεῖρες πολλαί, κλεῖσον·

Brenton Septuagint

Ἐπὶ γυναικὶ πονηρᾷ καλὸν σφραγίς· καὶ ὅπου χεῖρες πολλαὶ, κλεῖσον.

Mashi Bible

Embere z’omukazi wakulonzako emyanzi, okuhulika kwo kukulu, n’aha abantu bahumahuma, orhayîbagiraga okufûnikira bwinjà.

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