Wisdom 4:16 — compare Bible translations

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OET (OET-RV) but a righteous man who’s dead will condemn the ungodly who are living,
⇔ and youth who’s quickly perfected will condemn the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age.

Draft grammatical colours: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object. Colours indicate agreement between available Greek form analyses; grammar in this passage has not been reviewed. Uncertain words remain uncoloured.

BrLXX Κατακρινεῖ δὲ δίκαιος καμὼν τοῦς ζῶντας ἀσεβεῖς, καὶ νεότης τελεσθεῖσα ταχέως πολυετὲς γῆρας ἀδίκου.
(Katakrinei de dikaios kamōn tous zōntas asebeis, kai neotaʸs telestheisa taⱪeōs poluetes gaʸras adikou.)

BrTr Thus the righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly which are living; and youth that is soon perfected the many years and old age of the unrighteous.

WEBBE but a righteous man who is dead will condemn the ungodly who are living,
⇔ and youth who is quickly perfected will condemn the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age.

DRA But the just that is dead, condemneth the wicked that are living, and youth soon ended, the long life of the unjust.

RV But a righteous man that is dead shall condemn the ungodly that are living,
⇔ And youth that is quickly perfected the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age;

KJB-1769 Thus the righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly which are living; and youth that is soon perfected the many years and old age of the unrighteous.

KJB-1611 Thus the righteous that is dead, shall condemne the vngodly, which are liuing, and youth that is soone perfected, the many yeeres and old age of the vnrighteous.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Wycl Forsothe a iust man deed condempneth quyke wickid men; and yongthe endid swiftliere condempneth long lijf of an vniust man.
(For_certain/Truly a just man deed condemns alive wicked men; and youth ended more_swiftly condemns long life of an unjust man.)

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