Sirach 25:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁵ There is no venom worse than a snake's venom, and no wrath worse than an enemy's wrath.

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Common English Bible

¹⁵ No poison is worse than a snake’s poison, and no anger is worse than an enemy’s anger.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Blessed is the man to whom it has been given to have the fear of God. He who holds to it, to whom can he be compared?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁵ No poison is deadlier than the poison of a snake, and no anger is deadlier than the anger of a woman.

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

¹⁵ There is no venom worse than a snake’s venom. There is no wrath worse than an enemy’s wrath.

Sirach 25:15 Cross References