Parallel SIR 7:18

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B I ◄ ← Sir 7:18 ↓ → ► ©

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

OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Don’t exchange a friend for something,
⇔ neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir.

BrLXX Μὴ ἀλλάξῃς φίλον ἕνεκεν ἀδιαφόρου, μήδʼ ἀδελφὸν γνήσιον ἐν χρυσίῳ Σουφείρ.
(Maʸ allaxaʸs filon heneken adiaforou, maʸdʼ adelfon gnaʸsion en ⱪrusiōi Soufeir. )

BrTr Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Suphir.

WEBBE ⇔ Don’t exchange a friend for something,
⇔ neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir.

DRA Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.

RV ⇔ Change not a friend for a thing indifferent;
⇔ Neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir.

KJB-1769 Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.

KJB-1611 Change not a friend for any good by no meanes: neither a faithfull brother for the gold of Ophir.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Wycl Haue thou mynde on ire, for it schal not tarie.
(Have thou/you mind on ire, for it shall not tarry/wait.)