Simple verse list for TOB 4:7

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OET (OET-RV) Give alms from your possessions. When you give alms, don’t let your eye be envious. Don’t turn away your face from any poor man, and the face of God won’t be turned away from you.

OET-LV out_from the/this/who to_be you to_do/make charity, and not ⟦φθονεσάτω⟧ you the/this/who eye in/on/among the/this/who to_do/make you charity; not ⟦ἀποστρέψῃς⟧ the/this/who face you away_from all ⟦πτωχοῦ⟧, and away_from you no not ⟦ἀποστραφῇ⟧ the/this/who face of_the God.

OET-LV which/how you/your ⟦ὑπάρχοι⟧ according_to the/this/who multitude, to_do/make out_from he/she/it/self charity; if little/few you ⟦ὑπάρχῃ⟧, according_to the/this/who little/few not to_fear to_do/make charity.

OET-LV in_place for good-doer to_store_up yourself toward day necessity.

OET-LV because charity out_from death ⟦ῥύεται⟧, and no ha! /aha! to_enter toward the/this/who darkness.

OET-LV gift for good-doer to_be charity all the/this/who to_do/make he/she/it/self/my/your/him-self before of_the highest.

OET-LV to_watch_out yourself, child, away_from all sexual_sin, and woman first to_take away_from of_the seed the/this/who father you; not ⟦λάβῃς⟧ woman another’s, the/this/who/which no to_be out_from the/this/who tribe of_the ⟦πατέρος⟧ you, because son prophet to_be, Nōe, Habraʼam, Isaʼak, Yakōb. the/this/who father I/we away_from of_the an_age, to_remember, child, that/since he/she/it/self all to_take woman out_from the/this/who brother he/she/it/self, and ⟦εὐλογήθησαν⟧ in/on/among the/this/who child he/she/it/self, and the/this/who seed he/she/it/self to_inherit earth.

OET-LV and now, child, to_love the/this/who brother you, and not ⟦ὑπερηφανεύου⟧ the/this/who heart you away_from the/this/who brother you, and the/this/who son and daughter of_the a_people you, to_take yourself out_from he/she/it/self woman; because in/on/among the/this/who pride destruction and disorder much, and in/on/among the/this/who ⟦ἀχρειότητι⟧ ⟦ἐλάττωσις⟧ and a_lack great; the/this/who for unprofitableness,_worthlessness mother he_is of_the ⟦λιμοῦ⟧.

OET-LV wage all a_human which if ⟦ἐργάσηται⟧, from_with you/your not ⟦αὐλισθήτω⟧, but to_pay he/she/it/self from_with ⟦αὐτίκα⟧; if ⟦δουλεύσῃς⟧ the/this/who God, ⟦ἀποδοθήσεταί⟧ you; to_watch_out yourself, child, in/on/among all the/this/who work you, and to_be to_instruct in/on/among all behaviour you.

OET-LV and the/this/who/which to_hate, nothing to_do/make; wine toward ⟦μέθην⟧ not ⟦πίῃς⟧, and not ⟦πορευθήτω⟧ with/after you drunkenness in/on/among the/this/who road you.

OET-LV out_from of_the bread you to_give ⟦πεινῶντι⟧, and out_from the/this/who clothing you the/this/who ⟦γυμνοῖς⟧; all the/this/who/which if to_abound/exceed you, to_do/make charity, and not ⟦φθονεσάτω⟧ you the/this/who eye in/on/among the/this/who to_do/make you charity.

OET-LV ⟦Εκχεον⟧ the/this/who bread you upon/to/against the/this/who grave the/this/who just, and not to_give the/this/who sinful.

OET-LV ⟦Συμβουλίαν⟧ from_with all ⟦φρονίμου⟧ to_seek, and not ⟦καταφρονήσῃς⟧ upon/to/against all ⟦συμβουλίας⟧ ⟦χρησίμης⟧.

WEBBE Give alms from your possessions. When you give alms, don’t let your eye be envious. Don’t turn away your face from any poor man, and the face of God won’t be turned away from you.

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RV Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious: turn not away thy face from any poor man, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.
(Give alms/donations of thy/your substance; and when thou/you givest/give alms/donations, let not thine/your eye be envious: turn not away thy/your face from any poor man, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee/you.)

KJB-1769 Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.
(Give alms/donations of thy/your substance; and when thou/you givest/give alms/donations, let not thine/your eye be envious, neither turn thy/your face from any poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee/you.)

KJB-1611 Giue almes of thy substance, and when thou giuest almes, let not thine eye be enuious, neither turne thy face from any poore, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

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BrLXX Ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων σοι ποίει ἐλεημοσύνην, καὶ μὴ φθονεσάτω σου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐν τῷ ποιεῖν σε ἐλεημοσύνην· μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ παντὸς πτωχοῦ, καὶ ἀπὸ σοῦ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7a) Ὡς σοὶ ὑπάρχοι κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος, ποίησον ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐλεημοσύνην· ἐὰν ὀλίγον σοι ὑπάρχῃ, κατὰ τὸ ὀλίγον μὴ φοβοῦ ποιεῖν ἐλεημοσύνην.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7b) Θέμα γὰρ ἀγαθὸν θησαυρίζεις σεαυτῷ εἰς ἡμέραν ἀνάγκης.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7c) Διότι ἐλεημοσύνη ἐκ θανάτου ῥύεται, καὶ οὐκ ἐᾴ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸ σκότος.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7d) Δῶρον γὰρ ἀγαθόν ἐστιν ἐλεημοσύνη πᾶσι τοῖς ποιοῦσιν αὐτὴν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ὑψίστου.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7e) Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ, παιδίον, ἀπὸ πάσης πορνείας, καὶ γυναῖκα πρῶτον λάβε ἀπὸ τοῦ σπέρματος τῶν πατέρων σου· μὴ λάβῃς γυναῖκα ἀλλοτρίαν, ἣ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς τοῦ πατέρος σου, διότι υἱοὶ προφητῶν ἐσμέν, Νῶε, Ἁβραάμ, Ἰσαάκ, Ἰακώβ. Οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος, μνήσθητι, παιδίον, ὅτι αὐτοὶ πάντες ἔλαβον γυναῖκας ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ εὐλογήθησαν ἐν τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῶν κληρονομήσει γῆν.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7f) Καὶ νῦν, παιδίον, ἀγάπα τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου, καὶ μὴ ὑπερηφανεύου τῇ καρδίᾳ σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου, καὶ τῶν υἱῶν καὶ θυγατέρων τοῦ λαοῦ σου, λαβεῖν σεαυτῷ ἐξ αὐτῶν γυναῖκα· διότι ἐν τῇ ὑπερηφανίᾳ ἀπώλεια καὶ ἀκαταστασία πολλή, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀχρειότητι ἐλάττωσις καὶ ἔνδεια μεγάλη· ἡ γὰρ ἀχρειότης μήτηρ ἐστὶ τοῦ λιμοῦ.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7g) Μισθὸς παντὸς ἀνθρώπου ὃς ἐὰν ἐργάσηται, παρὰ σοὶ μὴ αὐλισθήτω, ἀλλʼ ἀπόδος αὐτῷ παρʼ αὐτίκα· ἐὰν δουλεύσῃς τῷ Θεῷ, ἀποδοθήσεταί σοι· πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ, παιδίον, ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου, καὶ ἴσθι πεπαιδευμένος ἐν πάσῃ ἀναστροφῇ σου.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7h) Καὶ ὃ μισεῖς, μηδενὶ ποιήσῃς· οἶνον εἰς μέθην μὴ πίῃς, καὶ μὴ πορευθήτω μετὰ σοῦ μέθη ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7i) Ἐκ τοῦ ἄρτου σου δίδου πεινῶντι, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἱματίων σου τοῖς γυμνοῖς· πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν περισσεύσῃ σοι, ποίει ἐλεημοσύνην, καὶ μὴ φθονεσάτω σου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐν τῷ ποιεῖν σε ἐλεημοσύνην.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7k) Εκχεον τοὺς ἄρτους σου ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον τῶν δικαίων, καὶ μὴ δῷς τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς.

BrLXX (TOB 4:7l) Συμβουλίαν παρὰ παντὸς φρονίμου ζήτησον, καὶ μὴ καταφρονήσῃς ἐπὶ πάσης συμβουλίας χρησίμης.

BrTr Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.

BrTr (TOB 4:7a) If thou hast abundance, give alms accordingly: if thou have but a little, be not afraid to give according to that little:

BrTr (TOB 4:7b) for thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity.

BrTr (TOB 4:7c) Because that alms do deliver from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness.

BrTr (TOB 4:7d) For alms is a good gift unto all that give it in the sight of the most High.

BrTr (TOB 4:7e) Beware of all whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy father's tribe: for we are the children of the prophets, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Remember, my son, that our fathers from the beginning, even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed shall inherit the land.

BrTr (TOB 4:7f) Now therefore, my son, love thy brethren, and despise not in thy heart thy brethren, the sons and daughters of thy people, in not taking a wife of them: for in pride is destruction and much trouble, and in lewdness is decay and great want: for lewdness is the mother of famine.

BrTr (TOB 4:7g) Let not the wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee, tarry with thee, but give him it out of hand: for if thou serve God, he will also repay thee: be circumspect, my son, in all things thou doest, and be wise in all thy conversation.

BrTr (TOB 4:7h) Do that to no man which thou hatest: drink not wine to make thee drunken: neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey.

BrTr (TOB 4:7i) Give of thy bread to the hungry, and of thy garments to them that are naked; and according to thine abundance give alms; and let not thine eye be envious, when thou givest alms.

BrTr (TOB 4:7k) Pour out thy bread on the burial of the just, but give nothing to the wicked.

BrTr (TOB 4:7l) Ask counsel of all that are wise, and despise not any counsel that is profitable.