Parallel SIR 41:4

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B I ◄ ← Sir 41:4 ↓ → ► ©

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BrLXX Καὶ τί ἀπαναίνῃ ἐν εὐδοκίᾳ ὑψίστου; εἴτε δέκα, εἴτε ἑκατὸν, εἴτε χίλια ἔτη· οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ᾅδου ἐλεγμὸς ζωῆς.
(Kai ti apanainaʸ en eudokia hupsistou; eite deka, eite hekaton, eite ⱪilia etaʸ; ouk estin en hadou elegmos zōaʸs. )

BrTr And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High? there is no inquisition in the grave, whether thou have lived ten, or an hundred, or a thousand years.

WEBBE And why do you refuse when it is the good pleasure of the Most High?
⇔ Whether life lasts ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years,
⇔ there is no enquiry about life in Hades.[fn]

41:4 or, the place of the dead or, Sheol

KJB-1611 And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High? there is no inquisition in the graue, whether thou haue liued ten, or a hundred, or a thousand yeeres.
(And why art thou/you against the pleasure of the most High? there is no inquisition in the grave, whether thou/you have lived ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.)