Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 20:1

ΕΣΤΙΝ ἔλεγχος ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ὡραῖος, καὶ ἔστι σιωπῶν καὶ αὐτὸς φρόνιμος.
King James Version (KJV)

There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.

Modern English

There is a rebuke that is untimely, and there is a man who stays silent and is thereby wise.

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