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Sirach 21:18

As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool. The knowledge of an unwise man is talk without sense.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.
King James Version
GNV1560View canonical →
As is an house that is destroyed, so is wisdome vnto a foole, and the knowlege of the vnwise is as wordes without order.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha