Sirach 20:19 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁹ An ungracious man is like a story told at the wrong time, which is continually on the lips of the ignorant.

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Common English Bible

¹⁹ A disagreeable person, an untimely story— it will always be in the mouth of the uneducated.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ For what he possesses, he does not distribute with correct understanding. And he acts similarly with what he does not possess.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁹ An impolite person is like one of those off-color stories that ignorant people are always telling.

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

¹⁹ A man without grace is a tale out of season. It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant.

Sirach 20:19 Cross References