Sirach 38:16 — compare Bible translations

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ My son, let your tears fall over the dead,
⇔ and as one who suffers grievously, begin lamentation.
⇔ Wind up his body with due honour.
⇔ Don’t neglect his burial.

Draft grammatical colours: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, red:negative. Colours indicate agreement between available Greek form analyses; grammar in this passage has not been reviewed. Uncertain words remain uncoloured.

BrLXX Τέκνον, ἐπὶ νεκρῷ κατάγαγε δάκρυα, καὶ ὡς δεινὰ πάσχων ἔναρξε θρήνου· κατὰ δὲ τὴν κρίσιν αὐτοῦ περίστειλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ὑπερίδῃς τὴν ταφὴν αὐτοῦ.
(Teknon, epi nekrōi katagage dakrua, kai hōs deina pasⱪōn enarxe thraʸnou; kata de taʸn krisin autou peristeilon to sōma autou, kai maʸ huperidaʸs taʸn tafaʸn autou.)

BrTr My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.

WEBBE ⇔ My son, let your tears fall over the dead,
⇔ and as one who suffers grievously, begin lamentation.
⇔ Wind up his body with due honour.
⇔ Don’t neglect his burial.

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RV ⇔ My son, let thy tears fall over the dead,
⇔ And as one that suffereth grievously begin lamentation;
⇔ And wind up his body according to his due,
⇔ And neglect not his burial.
( ⇔ My son, let thy/your tears fall over the dead,
⇔ And as one that suffereth/suffers grievously begin lamentation;
⇔ And wind up his body according to his due,
⇔ And neglect not his burial.)

KJB-1769 My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.
(My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou/you hadst/had suffered great harm thyself/yourself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.)

KJB-1611 My sonne, let teares fall downe ouer the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harme thy selfe: and then couer his body according to the custome, & neglect not his buriall.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

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