Sirach 22:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ What is heavier than lead? And what is its name except “Fool”?

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Common English Bible

¹⁴ What’s heavier than lead? And what name does it have but “Fool”?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ You should not talk at length with the foolish, and you should not go with the senseless.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ Talk not much with a fool, and go not with him that hath no sense.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁴ Such people are a heavier burden to bear than lead; and the only word that fits them is “fools.”

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

¹⁴ What would be heavier than lead? What is its name, but “Fool”?

Sirach 22:14 Cross References