Parallel WIS 11:22

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B I ◄ ← Wis 11:22 ↓ → ► ©

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BrLXX Ὅτι ὡς ῥοπὴ ἐκ πλαστίγγων ὅλος ὁ κόσμος ἐναντίον σου, καὶ ὡς ῥανὶς δρόσον ὀρθρινὴ κατελθοῦσα ἐπὶ γῆν.
(Hoti hōs ɽopaʸ ek plastingōn holos ho kosmos enantion sou, kai hōs ɽanis droson orthrinaʸ katelthousa epi gaʸn. )

BrTr For the whole world before thee is as a little grain of the balance, yea, as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth.

WEBBE Because the whole world before you is as a grain in a balance,
⇔ and as a drop of dew that comes down upon the earth in the morning.

KJB-1611 [fn]For the whole world before thee is as a litle graine of the ballance, yea as a drop of the morning dew that falleth downe vpon the earth.
(For the whole world before thee/you is as a little graine of the ballance, yea as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth.)

11:22 Or, little waight.