Parallel SIR 34:18

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BrLXX Καὶ εἰ ἀναμέσον πλειόνων ἐκάθισας, πρότερος αὐτῶν μὴ ἐκτείνῃς τὴν χεῖρά σου.
(Kai ei anameson pleionōn ekathisas, proteros autōn maʸ ekteinaʸs taʸn ⱪeira sou. )

BrTr When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.

WEBBE ⇔ He who sacrifices a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is made in mockery.
⇔ The mockeries of wicked men are not acceptable.

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Hee that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous, and the giftes of vniust men are not accepted.
(He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous, and the giftes of uniust men are not accepted.)

34:18 Prou.21. 27.

34:18 Or, the mockeries.