Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX2012

Sirach 21:18

As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as 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
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
WEBView canonical →
As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool. The knowledge of an unwise man is talk without sense.
World English Bible