Sirach 20:31
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CEB
Better are those who hide their foolishness than those who hide their wisdom.
DRA
Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct.
GNT
But a person who covers up his foolishness is better than one who keeps his wisdom to himself.
NABRE
Better are those who hide their folly than those who hide their wisdom.
NCB
Better is the man who hides his folly than one who conceals his wisdom.
NRSVA
Better are those who hide their folly than those who hide their wisdom.
NRSVACE
Better are those who hide their folly than those who hide their wisdom.
NRSVCE
Better are those who hide their folly than those who hide their wisdom.
NRSVUE
Better are those who hide their folly than those who hide their wisdom.
RSV
Better is the man who hides his folly than the man who hides his wisdom.
RSVCE
Better is the man who hides his folly than the man who hides his wisdom.
WYC
He is better, that hideth his unwisdom, than a man that hideth his wisdom. [Better is, that covereth his unwisdom, than a man that hideth his wisdom.]
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