Parallel HOS 6:9

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OEB and as bandits lie in wait for a man,
 ⇔ so a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem.
 ⇔ How terrible is the evil they do!

WEBBE As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,
 ⇔ so the company of priests murder on the path towards Shechem,
 ⇔ committing shameful crimes.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The company of priests is like a gang of robbers,
 ⇔ lying in ambush to pounce on a victim.
 ⇔ They commit murder on the road to Shechem;
 ⇔ they have done heinous crimes!

LSV And as bands wait for a man,
A company of priests murder—the way to Shechem,
For they have done wickedness.

FBV Priests are like a gang of bandits, lying in wait to ambush travelers on the road. They commit murder in Shechem, carrying out wicked crimes.

T4T The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait ◄in ambushes/along the road► to attack people;
 ⇔ they murder people who are walking on the road to Shechem,
 ⇔ and they commit other disgraceful crimes.

LEB   • Like bandits lying in wait, so is a band of priests;
 •  they murder on the road to Shechem;
  •  indeed, they commit a monstrous crime.

BBE And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.

Moff with bandits in full force;
 ⇔ and on the road to Shechem
 ⇔ a party of priests murder,
 ⇔ practise crime!

JPS And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity.

ASV And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

DRA And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.

YLT And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder — the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.

Drby And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.

RV And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

SLT As troops waiting for a man, the company of priests will break in pieces the way with the shoulder: for they did wickedness.

Wbstr And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

KJB-1769 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.[fn][fn]

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KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And as troupes of robbers waite for a man, so the company of priestes murther in the way by consent: for they commit lewdnesse.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

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Bshps And as theeues armed wayte for him that passeth by the way: suche is the counsell of the priestes, which with one agreed counsell murther cruelly suche as kepe the way, yea they dare do all vnspeakable mischiefe.
   (And as thieves armed wait for him that passeth/passes by the way: such is the council/counsel of the priests, which with one agreed council/counsel murder cruelly such as keep the way, yea they dare do all unspeakable mischief.)

Gnva And as the eues waite for a man, so the companie of Priestes murder in the way by consent: for they worke mischiefe.
   (And as the eues wait for a man, so the company of Priests murder in the way by consent: for they work mischief. )

Cvdl The multitude of the prestes is like an heape of theues, murtherers & bloudthurstie: for they haue wrought abhominacion.
   (The multitude of the priests is like an heap of thieves, murderers and bloodthirsty: for they have wrought/done abomination/disgusting_thing.)

Wycl as the chekis of men `that ben theues. Partener of prestis sleynge in the weie men goynge fro Sichem, for thei wrouyten greet trespasse.
   (as the cheeks of men that been thieves. Partner of priests slaying in the way men going from Sichem, for they wrought/done great trespass.)

Luth Und die Priester samt ihrem Haufen sind wie die Ströter, so da lauern auf die Leute und würgen auf dem Wege, der gen Sichem gehet; denn sie tun, was sie wollen.
   (And the priest(s) together_with their heap/pile(n) are as/like the Ströter, so there lurk on/in/to the people/folk and choke/strangle on/in/to to_him ways, the/of_the to/toward Sichem goes; because/than they/she/them do/put, what/which they/she/them want.)

ClVg Et quasi fauces virorum latronum, particeps sacerdotum, in via interficientium pergentes de Sichem: quia scelus operati sunt.
   (And as_if fauces of_men latronum, participant priests, in/into/on way/road interficientium pergentes from/about Sichem: because crime worked are. )