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

²⁵ Allow no outlet to water, and no boldness of speech in an evil wife.

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Common English Bible

²⁵ Don’t allow an outlet for water, and don’t give a wicked wife freedom to speak.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ her husband groans, and hearing of this, he sighs a little.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little.

Good News Translation (US Version)

²⁵ Don't let a bad wife have her way, any more than you would allow water to leak from your cistern.

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

²⁵ Don’t give water an outlet, and don’t give a wicked woman freedom of speech.

Sirach 25:25 Cross References