Parallel WIS 14:19

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B I ◄ ← Wis 14:19 ↓ → ► ©

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BrLXX Ὁ μὲν γὰρ τάχα τῷ κρατοῦντι βουλόμενος ἀρέσαι, ἐξεβιάσατο τῇ τέχνῃ τὴν ὁμοιότητα ἐπὶ τὸ κάλλιον.
(Ho men gar taⱪa tōi kratounti boulomenos aresai, exebiasato taʸ teⱪnaʸ taʸn homoiotaʸta epi to kallion. )

BrTr For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.

WEBBE for he, wishing perhaps to please his ruler,
⇔ used his art to force the likeness towards a greater beauty.

KJB-1611 [fn]For he peraduenture willing to please one in authoritie, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
(For he peradventure/perhaps willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.)

14:19 Gre. to the better.