Sirach 20:21 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²¹ There is that is hindered from sinning through want: and when he taketh rest, he shall not be troubled.

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Common English Bible

²¹ Some are prevented from sinning because of poverty, and their conscience won’t be pained when they rest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ A disagreeable man is like a pointless fable; it will be continually in the mouth of the undisciplined.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ A man without grace is as a vain fable, it shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise.

Good News Translation (US Version)

²¹ If a person is too poor to afford sin, he can rest without a guilty conscience.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

²¹ There is one who is hindered from sinning through lack. When he rests, he will not be troubled.

Sirach 20:21 Cross References