Parallel SIR 29:21

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B I ◄ ← Sir 29:21 ↓ → ► ©

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

OET (OET-RV) ⇔ The essentials of life are water, bread,
⇔ a garment, and a house for privacy.

BrLXX Ἀρχὴ ζωῆς ὕδωρ, καὶ ἄρτος, καὶ ἱμάτιον, καὶ οἶκος καλύπτων ἀσχημοσύνην.
(Arⱪaʸ zōaʸs hudōr, kai artos, kai himation, kai oikos kaluptōn asⱪaʸmosunaʸn. )

BrTr The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.

WEBBE ⇔ The essentials of life are water, bread,
⇔ a garment, and a house for privacy.

DRA A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him.

RV ⇔ The chief thing for life is water, and bread,
⇔ And a garment, and a house to cover shame.

KJB-1769 The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and an house to cover shame.

KJB-1611 The chiefe thing for life is water and bread, and clothing, and an house to couer shame.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Wycl A synful man and vncleene fleeth the biheetere.
(A sinful man and unclean fleeth the biheetere.)