Sirach 21:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²¹ To a sensible man education is like a golden ornament, and like a bracelet on the right arm.

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Common English Bible

²¹ To the prudent, education is like a gold ornament, like a bracelet on the arm.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Like a house which has been demolished, so is wisdom to the foolish. And the knowledge of the unwise is like meaningless words.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as words without sense.

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

²¹ Instruction is to a prudent man as an ornament of gold, and as a bracelet upon his right arm.

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