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Sirach 3:29

The heart of the prudent will understand a proverb. A wise man desires the ear of a listener.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
The heart of the prudent will understand a parable; and an attentive ear is the desire of a wise man.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
The heart of the prudent will understand a parable; and an attentive ear is the desire of a wise man.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
The heart of the prudent will understand a parable; and an attentive ear is the desire of a wise man.
King James Version
GNV1560View canonical →
An obstinate heart shalbe laden with sorowes: and the wicked man shal heape sinne vpon sinne.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha
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