Sirach 27:14
Good News Translation
When such people curse, it is enough to make your hair stand on end, and when they start arguing among themselves, all you can do is to stop up your ears.

New Revised Standard Version
Their cursing and swearing make one’s hair stand on end, and their quarrels make others stop their ears.

Contemporary English Version
Their cursing and arguing makes your hair stand on end and your ears ache.

New American Bible
Their oath-filled talk makes the hair stand on end, and their brawls make one stop the ears.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.

Sirach 27:12
A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.

Sirach 27:13
In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.

Sirach 27:15
The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.

Sirach 27:16
In the quarrels of the road is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.

Context
Sirach 27
13In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think. 14The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin. 15The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.…
Cross References
Sirach 27:12
A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.

Sirach 27:13
In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.

Sirach 27:15
The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.

Sirach 27:16
In the quarrels of the road is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 27:13
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