Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
KJV

Sirach 10:26

Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Be not overwise in doing your business; and boast not yourself in the time of your distress.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
WEBView canonical →
Don’t flaunt your wisdom in doing your work. Don’t boast in the time of your distress.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Vnto the seruant that is wise , shal they that are free, do seruice:he that hathe knowledge,wil not grudge when he is reformed, [& the ignorant shal not come to honor.]
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha