Sirach 27:23 — compare Bible translations

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BrLXX Ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου γλυκανεῖ στόμα σου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων σου ἐκθαυμάσει, ὕστερον δὲ διαστρέψει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου δώσει σκάνδαλον.
(Apenanti tōn ofthalmōn sou glukanei stoma sou, kai epi tōn logōn sou ekthaumasei, husteron de diastrepsei to stoma autou, kai en tois logois sou dōsei skandalon.)

BrTr When thou art present, he will speak sweetly, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and slander thy sayings.

WEBBE When you are present, he will speak sweetly,
⇔ and will admire your words;
⇔ but afterward he will twist his speech
⇔ and set a trap in your words.

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RV When thou art present, he will speak sweetly,
⇔ And will admire thy words;
⇔ But afterward he will writhe his mouth,
⇔ And set a trap for thee in thy words.
(When thou/you art present, he will speak sweetly,
⇔ And will admire thy/your words;
⇔ But afterward he will writhe his mouth,
⇔ And set a trap for thee/you in thy/your words.)

KJB-1769 When thou art present, he will speak sweetly, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and slander thy sayings.
(When thou/you art present, he will speak sweetly, and will admire thy/your words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and slander thy/your sayings.)

KJB-1611 When thou art present he will speake sweetly, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will [fn]writhe his mouth, and slander thy sayings.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

27:23 Or, alter his speach.

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