Parallel SIR 5:8

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed for doing comparisons of different translations. Click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. The OET segments on this page are still very early looks into the unfinished texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

B I ◄ ← Sir 5:8 ↓ → ► ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

BrLXX Μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ χρήμασιν ἀδίκοις, οὐδὲν γὰρ ὠφελήσεις ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπαγωγῆς.
(Maʸ epeⱪe epi ⱪraʸmasin adikois, ouden gar ōfelaʸseis en haʸmera epagōgaʸs. )

BrTr Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten; for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity.

WEBBE ⇔ Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains,
⇔ for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.

KJB-1611 [fn]Set not thy heart vpon goods vniustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamitie.
(Set not thy/your heart upon goods uniustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee/you in the day of calamity.)

5:8 Pro.10.2. and 11.4. ezek.7.19.