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

Sirach 4:26

Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
Be not ashamed to confess your sins; and force not the course of the river.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Be not ashamed to confesse thy sinnes, & resist not the course of the riuer.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha