Sirach 49:1 — compare Bible translations

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OET (OET-RV) The memory of Yoshiyah (Josiah) is like the composition of incense
⇔ prepared by the work of the perfumer.
⇔ It’ll be sweet as honey in every mouth,
⇔ and like music at a banquet of wine.

Draft grammatical colours: orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object. Colours indicate agreement between available Greek form analyses; grammar in this passage has not been reviewed. Uncertain words remain uncoloured.

BrLXX Μνημόσυνον Ἰωσίου εἰς σύνθεσιν θυμιάματος, ἐσκευασμένον ἔργῳ μυρεψοῦ, ἐν παντὶ στόματι ὡς μέλι γλυκανθήσεται, καὶ ὡς μουσικὰ ἐν συμποσίῳ οἴνου.
(Mnaʸmosunon Yōsiou eis sunthesin thumiamatos, eskeuasmenon ergōi murepsou, en panti stomati hōs meli glukanthaʸsetai, kai hōs mousika en sumposiōi oinou.)

BrTr The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as music at a banquet of wine.

WEBBE The memory of Josiah is like the composition of incense
⇔ prepared by the work of the perfumer.
⇔ It will be sweet as honey in every mouth,
⇔ and like music at a banquet of wine.

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RV The memorial of Josiah is like the composition of incense
⇔ Prepared by the work of the apothecary:
⇔ It shall be sweet as honey in every mouth,
⇔ And as music at a banquet of wine.

KJB-1769 The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as musick at a banquet of wine.
(The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as music at a banquet of wine.)

KJB-1611 ¶ The remembrance of Iosias is like the composition of the perfume y^t is made by the arte of the Apothecarie: it is sweete as hony in all mouthes, and as musicke at a banquet of wine.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

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