Parallel WIS 4:12

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BrLXX Βασκανία γὰρ φαυλότητος ἀμαυροῖ τὰ καλὰ, καὶ ῥεμβασμὸς ἐπιθυμίας μεταλλεύει νοῦν ἄκακον.
(Baskania gar faulotaʸtos amauroi ta kala, kai ɽembasmos epithumias metalleuei noun akakon. )

BrTr For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.

WEBBE For the fascination of wickedness obscures the things which are good,
⇔ and the whirl of desire perverts an innocent mind.

KJB-1611 [fn]For the bewitching of naughtines doth obscure things that are honest: and the wandring of concupiscence, doth vndermine the simple mind.
(For the bewitching of naught/nothingines doth obscure things that are honest: and the wandring of concupiscence, doth undermine the simple mind.)

4:12 Gre. peruert.