Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 25:20

ἀνάβασις ἀμμώδης ἐν ποσὶ πρεσβυτέρου, οὕτως γυνὴ γλωσσώδης ἀνδρὶ ἡσύχῳ.
King James Version (KJV)

As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.

Modern English

A nagging wife is to a quiet husband what climbing a sandy slope is to an old man's feet.

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