Parallel SIR 39:26

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BrLXX Ἀρχὴ πάσης χρείας εἰς ζωὴν ἀνθρώπου, ὕδωρ, πῦρ, καὶ σίδηρος, καὶ ἅλα, καὶ σεμίδαλις πυροῦ, καὶ μέλι, καὶ γάλα, αἷμα σταφυλῆς, καὶ ἔλαιον, καὶ ἱμάτιον.
(Arⱪaʸ pasaʸs ⱪreias eis zōaʸn anthrōpou, hudōr, pur, kai sidaʸros, kai hala, kai semidalis purou, kai meli, kai gala, haima stafulaʸs, kai elaion, kai himation. )

BrTr The principal things for the whole use of man's life are water, fire, iron, and salt, flour of wheat, honey, milk, and the blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.

WEBBE The main things necessary for the life of man
⇔ are water, fire, iron, salt,
⇔ wheat flour, and honey, milk,
⇔ the blood of the grape, oil, and clothing.

KJB-1611 The principall things for the whole vse of mans life, are water, fire, yron, and salt, floure of wheate, honie, milke, and the blood of the grape, and oyle, and clothing.
(The principall things for the whole use of mans life, are water, fire, iron, and salt, flour of wheate, honey, milk, and the blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.)