WIS 1:16 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX ἀσεβεῖς δὲ ταῖς χερσὶ καὶ τοῖς λόγοις προσεκαλέσαντο αὐτὸν, φίλον ἡγησάμεμοι αὐτὸν ἐτάκησαν, καὶ συνθήκην ἔθεντο πρὸς αὐτὸν, ὅτι ἄξιοί εἰσι τῆς ἐκείνου μερίδος εἶναι.
(asebeis de tais ⱪersi kai tois logois prosekalesanto auton, filon haʸgaʸsamemoi auton etakaʸsan, kai sunthaʸkaʸn ethento pros auton, hoti axioi eisi taʸs ekeinou meridos einai. )

BrTr but ungodly men with their works and words called it to them: for when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a covenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it.

WEBBE but ungodly men by their hands and their words summon death;
⇔ deeming him a friend they[fn] pined away.
⇔ They made a covenant with him,
⇔ because they are worthy to belong with him.

1:16 Or, were consumed with love of him

KJB-1611 But vngodly men with their workes, and words called it to them: for when they thought to haue it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a couenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it.
(But ungodly men with their works, and words called it to them: for when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a covenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it.)

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