Parallel SIR 12:4

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B I ◄ ← Sir 12:4 ↓ → ► ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Give to the godly man,
⇔ and don’t help the sinner.

BrLXX Δὸς τῷ εὐσεβεῖ, καὶ μὴ ἀντιλάβῃ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ.
(Dos tōi eusebei, kai maʸ antilabaʸ tou hamartōlou. )

BrTr Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner.

WEBBE Give to the godly man,
⇔ and don’t help the sinner.

DRA Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance.

RV Give to the godly man,
⇔ And help not the sinner.

KJB-1769 Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner.

KJB-1611 Giue to the godly man, and helpe not a sinner.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Wycl Yyue thou to a merciful man, and resseyue thou not a synnere; God schal yelde veniaunce bothe to vnfeithful men and to synneris, kepynge hem in the dai of veniaunce.
(Give thou/you to a merciful man, and receive thou/you not a sinner; God shall yield vengeance both to unfaithful men and to sinners, keeping them in the day of vengeance.)