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LXX

Sirach 19:12

As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh, so is a word within a fool's belly.

Parallel Translations

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