Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
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Sirach 19:12

As an arrowe that sticketh in ones thigh, so is a worde in a fooles heart.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh, so is a word within a fool's belly.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
As an arrow that sticks in a man's thigh, so is a word within a fool's belly.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh, so is a word within a fool’s belly.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh, so is gossip in a fool.
World English Bible