Parallel SIR 16:1

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B I ◄ ↨ Sir 16:1 ↓ → ► ©

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

OET (OET-RV) Don’t desire a multitude of unprofitable children,
⇔ neither delight in ungodly sons.

BrLXX Μὴ ἐπιθύμει τέκνων πλῆθος ἀχρήστων, μὴ εὐφραίνου ἐπὶ υἱοῖς ἀσεβέσιν.
(Maʸ epithumei teknōn plaʸthos aⱪraʸstōn, maʸ eufrainou epi huiois asebesin. )

BrTr Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.

WEBBE Don’t desire a multitude of unprofitable children,
⇔ neither delight in ungodly sons.

DRA Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.

RV Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children,
⇔ Neither delight in ungodly sons.

KJB-1769 Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.

KJB-1611 ¶ Desire not a multitude of vnprofitable children, neither delight in vngodly sonnes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Wycl Be thou not glad in wickid sones, if thei ben multiplied; nether delite thou on hem, if the drede of God is not in hem.
(Be thou/you not glad in wicked sons, if they been multiplied; neither delight thou/you on them, if the dread of God is not in them.)