Parallel SIR 24:14

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B I ◄ ← Sir 24:14 ↓ → ► ©

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BrLXX Ὡς φοῖνιξ ἀνυψώθην ἐν αἰγιαλοῖς, καὶ ὡς φυτὰ ῥόδου ἐν Ἱεριχῶ· ὡς ἐλαία εὐπρεπὴς ἐν πεδίῳ, καὶ ἀνυψώθην ὡς πλάτανος.
(Hōs foinix anupsōthaʸn en aigialois, kai hōs futa ɽodou en Hieriⱪō; hōs elaia euprepaʸs en pediōi, kai anupsōthaʸn hōs platanos. )

BrTr I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a plain, and grew up as a plane tree.

WEBBE I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore,
⇔ like rose bushes in Jericho,
⇔ and like a fair olive tree in the plain.
⇔ I was exalted like a plane tree.

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]I was exalted like a palme tree in Engaddi, and as a rose-plant in Iericho, as a faire oliue tree in a pleasant fielde, and grew vp as a planetree by the water.
(I was exalted like a palm tree in Engaddi, and as a rose-plant in Yericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and grew up as a planetree by the water.)

24:14 Or, Cades.

24:14 Or, in the water.