Sirach 19:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ With such a word a fool will suffer pangs like a woman in labor with a child.

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Common English Bible

¹¹ Because of something spoken, a fool will suffer labor pains like those caused by a baby about to be delivered.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Before the face of a word, a foolish man labors, like a woman groaning as she gives birth to a child.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning in the bringing forth a child.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹¹ A foolish person trying to keep a secret suffers like a woman in labor.

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

¹¹ A fool will travail in pain with a word, as a woman in labor with a child.

Sirach 19:11 Cross References