Sirach 20:18
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
Greek · Brenton
Ὀλίσθημα ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μᾶλλον ἢ ἀπὸ γλώσσης, οὕτως πτῶσις κακῶν κατὰ σπουδὴν ἥξει.