WIS 13:11 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Yes and some[fn] woodcutter might saw down a tree that is easily moved,
⇔ skilfully strip away all its bark,
⇔ and fashion it in attractive form, make a useful vessel to serve his life’s needs.

BrLXX Εἰ δὲ καί τις ὑλοτῦμος τέκτων εὐκίνητον φυτὸν ἐκπρίσας, περιέξυσεν εὐμαθῶς πάντα τὸν φλοιὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τεχνησέμενος εὐπρεπῶς κατεσκεύασε χρήσιμον σκεῦος εἰς ὑπηρεσίαν ζωῆς,
(Ei de kai tis hulotumos tektōn eukinaʸton futon ekprisas, periexusen eumathōs panta ton floion autou, kai teⱪnaʸsemenos euprepōs kateskeuase ⱪraʸsimon skeuos eis hupaʸresian zōaʸs, )

BrTr Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath sawn down a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the bark skilfully round about, and hath wrought it handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit for the service of man's life;

WEBBE Yes and some[fn] woodcutter might saw down a tree that is easily moved,
⇔ skilfully strip away all its bark,
⇔ and fashion it in attractive form, make a useful vessel to serve his life’s needs.

13:11 Gr. carpenter who is a woodcutter.

DRA Or if an artist, a carpenter, hath cut down a tree proper for his use in the wood, and skillfully taken off all the bark thereof, and with his art, diligently formeth a vessel profitable for the common uses of life,

RV Yea and if some [fn] woodcutter, having sawn down a [fn] tree that is easily moved,
⇔ Skilfully strippeth away all its bark,
⇔ And fashioning it in comely form maketh a vessel useful for the service of life;
(Yea and if some woodcutter, having sawn down a tree that is easily moved,
⇔ Skilfully strippeth away all its bark,
⇔ And fashioning it in comely form maketh/makes a vessel useful for the service of life; )

13:11 Gr. carpenter who is a woodcutter.

13:11 Gr. plant. The Greek word, slightly changed, would mean trunk

KJB-1769 Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath sawn down a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the bark skilfully round about, and hath wrought it handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit for the service of man’s life;
(Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath/has sawn down a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the bark skilfully round about, and hath/has wrought/done it handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit for the service of man’s life; )

KJB-1611 [fn]Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after hee hath sawen downe a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the barke skilfully round about, and hath wrought it handsomely, & made a vessell thereof fit for the seruice of mans life:
(Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath/has sawen down a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the bark skilfully round about, and hath/has wrought/done it handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit for the service of mans life:)

13:11 Or, timberwright.

Wycl Ethir if ony crafti man, a carpenter, hewith doun of the wode a streiyt tre, and rasith awei perfitli al the riynde therof, and vsith his craft diligentli, and makith a vessel ful profitable in to conuersacioun of lijf;
(Either if any crafty man, a carpenter, hewith down of the wood a straight tree, and rasith away perfectly all the rind/bark thereof, and usith his craft diligentli, and maketh/makes a vessel full profitable in to conversacioun of life;)

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