Parallel SIR 31:12

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BrLXX Πλεονάκις ἕως θανάτου ἐκινδύνευσα, καὶ διεσώθην τούτων χάριν.
(Pleonakis heōs thanatou ekinduneusa, kai diesōthaʸn toutōn ⱪarin. )

BrTr I was oft-times in danger of death: yet I was delivered because of these things.

WEBBE ⇔ Do you sit at a great table? Don’t be greedy there.
⇔ Don’t say, “There is a lot of food on it!”

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]If thou sit at a bountifull table, bee not greedy vpon it, and say not, There is much meate on it.
(If thou/you sit at a bountifull table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.)

31:12 Psa.111.9 pro.23.1.

31:12 Gr. open not thy throat vpon it.