Parallel WIS 15:12

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BrLXX Ἀλλʼ ἐλογίσαντο παίγνιον εἶναι τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν, καὶ τὸν βίον πανεγυρισμὸν ἐπικερδῆ· δεῖν γάρ φησιν ὅθεν δὴ κᾂν ἐκ κακοῦ πορίζειν.
(Allʼ elogisanto paignion einai taʸn zōaʸn haʸmōn, kai ton bion panegurismon epikerdaʸ; dein gar faʸsin hothen daʸ kan ek kakou porizein. )

BrTr But they counted our life a pastime, and our time here a market for gain: for, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by evil means.

WEBBE But[fn] he accounted our life to be a game,
⇔ and our[fn] lifetime a festival for profit;
⇔ for, he says, one must get gain however one can, even if it is by evil.

15:12 Some authorities read they accounted.

15:12 Or, way of life

KJB-1611 [fn]But they counted our life a pastime, & our time here a market for gaine: for, say they, we must be getting euery way, though it be by euil meanes.
(But they counted our life a pastime, and our time here a market for gaine: for, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by evil means.)

15:12 Gre. life.