Parallel SIR 51:2

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B I ◄ ← Sir 51:2 ↓ → ©

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BrLXX ὅτι σκεπαστὴς καὶ βοηθὸς ἐγένου μοι, καὶ ἐλυτρώσω τὸ σῶμά μου ἐξ ἀπωλείας, καὶ ἐκ παγίδος διαβολῆς γλώσσης· ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐργαζομένων ψεῦδος, καὶ ἔναντι τῶν παρεστηκότων ἐγένου μοι βοηθὸς,
(hoti skepastaʸs kai boaʸthos egenou moi, kai elutrōsō to sōma mou ex apōleias, kai ek pagidos diabolaʸs glōssaʸs; apo ⱪeileōn ergazomenōn pseudos, kai enanti tōn parestaʸkotōn egenou moi boaʸthos, )

BrTr for thou art my defender and helper, and hast preserved my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and from the lips that forge lies, and hast been mine helper against mine adversaries:

WEBBE for you have been my protector and helper,
⇔ and delivered my body out of destruction,
⇔ and out of the snare of a slanderous tongue,
⇔ from lips that fabricate lies.
⇔ You were my helper before those who stood by,

KJB-1611 For thou art my defeuder, and helper, and hast preserued my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and from the lippes that forge lies, and hast beene my helper against mine aduersaries.
(For thou/you art my defeuder, and helper, and hast preserved my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and from the lippes that forge lies, and hast been my helper against mine adversaries.)