Parallel SIR 38:25

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BrLXX Τί σοφισθήσεται ὁ κρατῶν ἀροτροῦ, καὶ καυχώμενος ἐν δόρατι κέντρου, βόας ἐλαύνων καὶ ἀναστρεφόμενος ἐν ἔργοις αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ διήγησις αὐτοῦ ἐν υἱοῖς ταυρῶν;
(Ti sofisthaʸsetai ho kratōn arotrou, kai kauⱪōmenos en dorati kentrou, boas elaunōn kai anastrefomenos en ergois autōn, kai haʸ diaʸgaʸsis autou en huiois taurōn; )

BrTr How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?

WEBBE How could he become wise who holds the plough,
⇔ who glories in the shaft of the goad,
⇔ who drives oxen and is occupied in their labours,
⇔ and who mostly talks about bulls?

KJB-1611 [fn]How can he get wisdome that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad; that driueth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talke is of bullocks?
(How can he get wisdom that holdeth/holds the plough, and that gloryth in the goad; that driveth/drives oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?)

38:25 Greeke, of the breed of bullocks.