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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ He who is wise in words will advance himself.
⇔ And one who is prudent will please great men.
BrLXX Ο σοφὸς ἐν λόγοις προάξει ἑαυτὸν, καὶ ἄνθρωπος φρόνιμος ἀρέσει μεγιστᾶσιν.
(O sofos en logois proaxei heauton, kai anthrōpos fronimos aresei megistasin. )
BrTr A wise man shall promote himself to honour with his words: and he that hath understanding will please great men.
WEBBE ⇔ He who is wise in words will advance himself.
⇔ And one who is prudent will please great men.
DRA A thief is better than a man that is always lying: but both of them shall inherit destruction.
RV ⇔ He that is wise in words shall advance himself;
⇔ And one that is prudent will please great men.
KJB-1769 A wise man shall promote himself to honour with his words: and he that hath understanding will please great men.
(A wise man shall promote himself to honour with his words: and he that hath/has understanding will please great men. )
KJB-1611 A wise man shall promote himselfe to honour with his words: and hee that hath vnderstanding, will please great men.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Wycl Betere is a theef than the customablenesse of a man, a leesyngmongere; forsothe bothe thei schulen enherite perdicioun.
(Better is a thief than the customableness of a man, a falsehoodmongere; for_certain/truly both they should inherit perdition/destruction/punishment.)