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Sirach 20:18

A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
King James Version