WIS 15:12 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) 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

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

DRA Yea and they have counted our life a pastime, and the business of life to be gain, and that we must be getting every way, even out of evil.

RV But [fn] he accounted our very life to be a [fn] plaything,
⇔ And our [fn] lifetime a gainful [fn] fair;
⇔ For, saith he, one must get gain whence one can, though it be by evil.
(But he accounted our very life to be a plaything,
⇔ And our lifetime a gainful fair;
⇔ For, saith/says he, one must get gain whence/where one can, though it be by evil. )

15:12 Some authorities read they accounted.

15:12 Or, sport

15:12 Or, way of life

15:12 Or, keeping of festival

KJB-1769 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.

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.

Wycl But thei gessiden fleischli delityng to be oure lijf, and the conuersacioun of lijf to be maad to wynnyng, and that it bihoueth to gete on ech side, yhe, of yuel.
(But they guessedn fleshly deliting to be our life, and the conversacioun of life to be made to wynning, and that it behoves to gotten on each side, yea/yes, of evil.)

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