Parallel SIR 30:19

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BrLXX Τί συμφέρει κάρπωσις εἰδώλῳ; οὔτε γὰρ ἔδεται οὔτε μὴ ὀσφρανθῇ· οὕτως ὁ ἐκδιωκόμενος ὑπὸ Κυρίου.
(Ti sumferei karpōsis eidōlōi; oute gar edetai oute maʸ osfranthaʸ; houtōs ho ekdiōkomenos hupo Kuriou. )

BrTr What good doeth the offering unto an idol? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord.

WEBBE What does an offering profit an idol?
⇔ For it can’t eat or smell.
⇔ So is he who is punished by the Lord,

KJB-1611 [fn]What good doth the offering vnto an idole? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord.
(What good doth the offering unto an idole? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord.)

30:19 Or, afflicted.