Parallel SIR 8:14

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B I ◄ ← Sir 8:14 ↓ → ► ©

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

OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Don’t go to law with a judge;
⇔ for according to his honour they will give judgement for him.

BrLXX Μὴ δικάζου μετὰ κριτοῦ, κατὰ γὰρ τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ κρινοῦσιν αὐτῷ.
(Maʸ dikazou meta kritou, kata gar taʸn doxan autou krinousin autōi. )

BrTr Go not to law with a judge; for they will judge for him according to his honour.

WEBBE ⇔ Don’t go to law with a judge;
⇔ for according to his honour they will give judgement for him.

DRA Stand not against the face of an injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in thy words.

RV ⇔ Go not to law with a judge;
⇔ For according to his honour will they give judgement for him.

KJB-1769 Go not to law with a judge; for they will judge for him according to his honour.

KJB-1611 [fn]Goe not to law with a iudge, for they will iudge for him according to his honour.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

8:14 Or, opinion.

Wycl Stonde thou not ayens the face of a man ful of dispisyng; lest he sitte as a spiere to thi mouth.
(Stand thou/you not against the face of a man full of despising; lest he sit as a spiere to thy/your mouth.)