WIS 14:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) And when men could not honour them in presence because they lived far off,
⇔ imagining the likeness from afar,
⇔ they made a visible image of the king whom they honoured,
⇔ that by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.

BrLXX καὶ τυράννων ἐπιταγαῖς ἐθρησκεύετο τὰ γλυπτά· οὓς ἐν ὄψει μὴ δυνάμενοι τιμᾷν ἄνθρωποι διὰ τὸ μακρὰν οἰκεῖν, τὴν πόῤῥωθεν ὄψιν ἀνατυπωσάμενοι, ἐμφανῆ εἰκόνα τοῦ τιμωμένου βασιλέως ἐποίησαν, ἵνα τὸν ἀπόντα ὡς παρόντα κολακεύωσι διὰ τῆς σπουδῆς.
(kai turannōn epitagais ethraʸskeueto ta glupta; hous en opsei maʸ dunamenoi timan anthrōpoi dia to makran oikein, taʸn poɽɽōthen opsin anatupōsamenoi, emfanaʸ eikona tou timōmenou basileōs epoiaʸsan, hina ton aponta hōs paronta kolakeuōsi dia taʸs spoudaʸs. )

BrTr Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.

WEBBE And when men could not honour them in presence because they lived far off,
⇔ imagining the likeness from afar,
⇔ they made a visible image of the king whom they honoured,
⇔ that by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.

DRA And those whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they brought their resemblance from afar, and made an express image of the king whom they had a mind to honour: that by this their diligence, they might honour as present, him that was absent.

RV And when men could not honour them in presence because they dwelt far off,
⇔ Imagining the likeness from afar,
⇔ They made a visible image of the king whom they honoured,
⇔ That by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.

KJB-1769 Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.

KJB-1611 [fn]Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt farre off, they tooke the counterfeit of his visage from farre, and made an expresse image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardnes, they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.
(Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardnes, they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.)

14:17 Or, in sight

Wycl The figure of hem was brouyt fro fer, whiche the men miyten not onoure in opyn, for thei weren fer; and thei maden an opyn ymage of the kyng, whom thei wolden onoure; that bi her bisynesse thei schulden worschipe hym as present, that was absent.
(The figure of them was brought from fer, which the men might not honour in opyn, for they were fer; and they made an open image of the king, whom they wolden honoure; that by her business they should worship him as present, that was absent.)

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