complete verse (Sirach 21:24)

Following is a back-translation of Sirach 21:24:

  • Low German: “Those who don’t know what’s right, don’t first knock, they immediately enter into the door (literally: fall into into the house with the door). But those who know what’s right, wait in front of the door as long as it takes to be asked in.” (translation by Johannes Jessen, publ. 1937, republ. 2006)