Sirach 22:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ He who tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man; and at the end he will say, “What is it?”

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Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Whoever explains a word to one who is not listening is like someone who suddenly awakens a sleeping person from a deep sleep.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ He that telleth a word to him that heareth not, is like one that waketh a man out of a deep sleep.

Good News Translation (US Version)

⁸ Explaining something to a fool is like explaining it to a sleepy person; when you have finished, he'll say, “What was that again?”

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

⁸ He who teaches a fool is as one who teaches a man who slumbers. In the end he will say, “What is it?”

Sirach 22:8 Cross References