Parallel SIR 21:25

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BrLXX Χείλη ἀλλοτρίων ἐν τούτοις βαρυνθήσεται, λόγοι δὲ φρονίμων ἐν ζυγῷ σταθήσονται.
(Ⱪeilaʸ allotriōn en toutois barunthaʸsetai, logoi de fronimōn en zugōi stathaʸsontai. )

BrTr The lips of talkers will be telling such things as pertain not unto them: but the words of such as have understanding are weighed in the balance.

WEBBE The lips of strangers will be grieved at these things,
⇔ but the words of prudent men will be weighed in the balance.

KJB-1611 The lips of talkers will bee telling such things as pertaine not vnto them: but the words of such as haue vnderstanding, are weighed in the ballance.
(The lips of talkers will be telling such things as pertain not unto them: but the words of such as have understanding, are weighed in the ballance.)