Parallel SIR 5:9

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B I ◄ ← Sir 5:9 ↓ → ► ©

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BrLXX Μὴ λίκμα ἐν παντὶ ἀνέμῳ, καὶ μὴ πορεύου ἐν πάσῃ ἀτραπῷ· οὕτως ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς ὁ δίγλωσσος.
(Maʸ likma en panti anemōi, kai maʸ poreuou en pasaʸ atrapōi; houtōs ho hamartōlos ho diglōssos. )

BrTr Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue.

WEBBE Don’t winnow with every wind.
⇔ Don’t walk in every path.
⇔ This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does.

KJB-1611 Winnow not with euery winde, and goe not into euery way: for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue.
(Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so doth the sinner that hath/has a double tongue.)