Sirach 22:15
Good News Translation
It is easier to carry a load of sand, salt, and iron than to put up with a stupid person.

New Revised Standard Version
Sand, salt, and a piece of iron are easier to bear than a stupid person.

Contemporary English Version
or a bag of sand or salt, or a lump of iron ore.

New American Bible
Sand, salt, and an iron weight are easier to bear than the stupid person.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Keep thyself from him, that thou mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt not be defiled with his sin.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Keep thyself from him, that thou mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt not be defiled with his sin.

Sirach 22:13
The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life.

Sirach 22:14
Talk not much with a fool and go not with him that hath no sense.

Sirach 22:16
Turn away from him, and thou shalt find rest, and shalt not be wearied out with his folly.

Sirach 22:17
What is heavier than lead? and what other name hath he but fool?

Context
Sirach 22
14Talk not much with a fool and go not with him that hath no sense. 15Keep thyself from him, that thou mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt not be defiled with his sin. 16Turn away from him, and thou shalt find rest, and shalt not be wearied out with his folly.…
Cross References
Sirach 22:13
The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life.

Sirach 22:14
Talk not much with a fool and go not with him that hath no sense.

Sirach 22:16
Turn away from him, and thou shalt find rest, and shalt not be wearied out with his folly.

Sirach 22:17
What is heavier than lead? and what other name hath he but fool?



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 22:14
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