Wisdom 17:6 — compare Bible translations

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OET (OET-RV) but only the glimmering of a self-kindled fire appeared to them, full of fear.
⇔ In terror, they considered the things which they saw
⇔ to be worse than that sight, on which they couldn’t gaze.

Draft grammatical colours: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative. Colours indicate agreement between available Greek form analyses; grammar in this passage has not been reviewed. Uncertain words remain uncoloured.

BrLXX Διεφαίνετο δʼ αὐτοῖς μόνον αὐτομάτη πυρὰ φόβου πλήρης, ἐκδειματούμενοι δὲ τῆς μὴ θεωρουμένης ἐκείνης ὄψεως, ἡγοῦντο χείρω τὰ βλεπόμενα.
(Diefaineto dʼ autois monon automataʸ pura fobou plaʸraʸs, ekdeimatoumenoi de taʸs maʸ theōroumenaʸs ekeinaʸs opseōs, haʸgounto ⱪeirō ta blepomena.)

BrTr Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.

WEBBE but only the glimmering of a self-kindled fire appeared to them, full of fear.
⇔ In terror, they considered the things which they saw
⇔ to be worse than that sight, on which they could not gaze.

DRA But there appeared to them a sudden fire, very dreadful: and being struck with the fear of that face, which was not seen, they thought the things which they saw to be worse:

RV But only there appeared to them the glimmering of a fire self-kindled, full of fear;
⇔ And in terror they deemed the things which they saw
⇔ To be worse than that sight, on which they could not gaze.

KJB-1769 Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.

KJB-1611 Onely there appeared vnto them a fire kindled of it selfe, very dreadfull: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse then the sight they saw not.
(Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse then the sight they saw not.)

Wycl Sotheli sodeyn fier ful of drede apperide to hem; and thei weren smytun with the drede of that face, that was not seyn, and gessiden tho thingis to be worse, that weren seyn.
(Truly sudden fire full of dread appeared to hem; and they were smitten/struck with the dread of that face, that was not seen, and guessed those things to be worse, that were seen.)

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