Parallel SIR 26:29

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BrLXX Μόλις ἐξελεῖται ἔμπορος ἀπὸ πλημμελείας, καὶ οὐ δικαιωθήσεται κάπηλος ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας.
(Molis exeleitai emporos apo plaʸmmeleias, kai ou dikaiōthaʸsetai kapaʸlos apo hamartias. )

BrTr A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.

WEBBE ⇔ It is difficult for a merchant to keep himself from wrong doing,
⇔ and for a retailer to be acquitted of sin.

KJB-1611 A merchant shall hardly keepe himselfe from doing wrong: and an huckster shall not be freed from sinne.
(A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong: and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.)