Parallel SIR 5:12

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B I ◄ ← Sir 5:12 ↓ → ► ≡ ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) If you have understanding, answer your neighbour;
⇔ but if not, put your hand over your mouth.

OET-LV if he_is you understanding, ⟦ἀποκρίθητι⟧ the/this/who near/neighbour; if but/and not, the/this/who hand you to_be upon/to/against mouth you.

Draft grammatical colours: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative. Colours indicate agreement between available Greek form analyses; grammar in this passage has not been reviewed. Uncertain words remain uncoloured.

BrLXX Εἰ ἔστι σοι σύνεσις, ἀποκρίθητι τῷ πλησίον· εἰ δὲ μὴ, ἡ χείρ σου ἔστω ἐπὶ στόματί σου.
(Ei esti soi sunesis, apokrithaʸti tōi plaʸsion; ei de maʸ, haʸ ⱪeir sou estō epi stomati sou.)

BrTr If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

WEBBE If you have understanding, answer your neighbour;
⇔ but if not, put your hand over your mouth.

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RV If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour;
⇔ And if not, let thy hand be upon thy mouth.
(If thou/you hast understanding, answer thy/your neighbour;
⇔ And if not, let thy/your hand be upon thy/your mouth.)

KJB-1769 If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
(If thou/you hast understanding, answer thy/your neighbour; if not, lay thy/your hand upon thy/your mouth.)

KJB-1611 If thou hast vnderstanding, answer thy neighbour, if not, lay thy hand vpon thy mouth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

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