Parallel SIR 8:11

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B I ◄ ← Sir 8:11 ↓ → ► ©

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BrLXX Μὴ ἐξαναστῇς ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑβριστοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἐγκαθίσῃ ὡς ἔνεδρον τῷ στόματί σου.
(Maʸ exanastaʸs apo prosōpou hubristou, hina maʸ egkathisaʸ hōs enedron tōi stomati sou. )

BrTr Rise not up [in anger] at the presence of an injurious person, lest he lie in wait to entrap thee in thy words.

WEBBE Don’t rise up from the presence of an insolent man,
⇔ lest he lie in wait as an ambush for your mouth.

KJB-1611 [fn]Rise not vp (in anger) at the presence of an iniurious person, least he lie in waite to entrap thee in thy words.
(Rise not up (in anger) at the presence of an iniurious person, least he lie in wait to entrap thee/you in thy/your words.)

8:11 Or, for thy mouth.