Parallel SIR 8:2

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

OET (OET-RV) Don’t strive with a rich man, or he might overpower you;
⇔ for gold has destroyed many,
⇔ and turned away the hearts of kings.

OET-LV not ⟦ἔριζε⟧ with/after a_human rich, lest ⟦ἀντιστήσῃ⟧ you the/this/who ⟦ὁλκήν⟧; much for to_destroy the/this/who gold, and heart king ⟦ἐξέκλινε⟧.

Draft grammatical colours: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative. Colours indicate agreement between available Greek form analyses; grammar in this passage has not been reviewed. Uncertain words remain uncoloured.

BrLXX Μὴ ἔριζε μετὰ ἀνθρώπου πλουσίου, μήποτε ἀντιστήσῃ σου τὴν ὁλκήν· πολλους γὰρ ἀπώλεσε τὸ χρυσίον, καὶ καρδίας βασιλέων ἐξέκλινε.
(Maʸ erize meta anthrōpou plousiou, maʸpote antistaʸsaʸ sou taʸn holkaʸn; pollous gar apōlese to ⱪrusion, kai kardias basileōn exekline.)

BrTr Be not at variance with a rich man, lest he overweigh thee: for gold hath destroyed many, and perverted the hearts of kings.

WEBBE Don’t strive with a rich man, lest perhaps he overpower you;
⇔ for gold has destroyed many,
⇔ and turned away the hearts of kings.

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RV Strive not with a rich man, lest haply he overweigh thee:
⇔ For gold hath destroyed many,
⇔ And turned aside the hearts of kings.
(Strive not with a rich man, lest happily he overweigh thee/you:
⇔ For gold hath/has destroyed many,
⇔ And turned aside the hearts of kings.)

KJB-1769 Be not at variance with a rich man, lest he overweigh thee: for gold hath destroyed many, and perverted the hearts of kings.
(Be not at variance with a rich man, lest he overweigh thee/you: for gold hath/has destroyed many, and perverted the hearts of kings.)

KJB-1611 Bee not at variance with a rich man, lest he ouerweigh thee: for gold hath destroyed many, and peruerted the hearts of kings.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

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