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Sirach 32:8

Sum up your speech, many things in few words. Be as one who knows and yet holds his tongue.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Give the Lord his honour with a good eye, and diminish not the firstfruits of thine hands.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Let your speech be short, comprehending much in few words; be as one that knows and yet holds his tongue.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words; be as one that knoweth and yet holdeth his tongue.
King James Version