Sirach 22:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

² A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand.

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Common English Bible

² People who are afraid to act are like clumps of cow manure; those who pick it up will shake off their hand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² The lazy man is pelted with the dung of oxen, and all who touch him will brush off their hands.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² The sluggard is pelted with the dung of oxen: and every one that toucheth him will shake his hands.

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

² A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill. Anyone who picks it up will shake it out of his hand.

Sirach 22:2 Cross References