Parallel WIS 14:20

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BrLXX Τὸ δὲ πλῆθος ἐφελκόμενον διὰ τὸ εὔχαρι τῆς ἐργασίας, τὸν πρὸ ὀλίγου τιμηθέντα ἄνθρωπον, νῦν σέβασμα ἐλογίσαντο.
(To de plaʸthos efelkomenon dia to euⱪari taʸs ergasias, ton pro oligou timaʸthenta anthrōpon, nun sebasma elogisanto. )

BrTr And so the multitude, allured by the grace of the work, took him now for a god, which a little before was but honoured as a man.

WEBBE So the multitude, allured by reason of the grace of his handiwork,
⇔ now consider an object of devotion him that a little before was honoured as a man.

KJB-1611 And so the multitude allured by the grace of the worke, tooke him now for a god, which a litle before was but honoured as a man.
(And so the multitude allured by the grace of the work, took him now for a god, which a little before was but honoured as a man.)