Wisdom 4:18 — compare Bible translations

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OET (OET-RV) They’ll see, and they’ll despise;
⇔ but the master will laugh them to scorn.
⇔ After that, they’ll become a dishonoured carcass
⇔ and a reproach among the dead forever;

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

BrLXX Ὄψονται καὶ ἐξουθενήσουσιν, αὐτοὺς δὲ ὁ Κύριος ἐκγελάσεται· καὶ ἔσονται μετὰ τοῦτο εἰς πτῶμα ἄτιμον, καὶ εἰς ὕβριν ἐν νεκροῖς διʼ αἰῶνος.
(Opsontai kai exouthenaʸsousin, autous de ho Kurios ekgelasetai; kai esontai meta touto eis ptōma atimon, kai eis hubrin en nekrois diʼ aiōnos.)

BrTr They shall see him, and despise him; but God shall laugh them to scorn; and they shall hereafter be a vile carcase, and a reproach among the dead for evermore.

WEBBE They will see, and they will despise;
⇔ but the Lord will laugh them to scorn.
⇔ After this, they will become a dishonoured carcass
⇔ and a reproach amongst the dead forever;

DRA They shall see him, and shall despise him: but the Lord shall laugh them to scorn.

RV They shall see, and they shall despise;
⇔ But them the Lord shall laugh to scorn.
⇔ And after this they shall become a dishonoured carcase,
⇔ And [fn] a reproach among the dead for ever:
(They shall see, and they shall despise;
⇔ But them the Lord shall laugh to scorn.
⇔ And after this they shall become a dishonoured carcase,
⇔ And a reproach among the dead forever:)

4:18 Or, be for outrage

KJB-1769 They shall see him, and despise him; but God shall laugh them to scorn: and they shall hereafter be a vile carcase, and a reproach among the dead for evermore.
(They shall see him, and despise him; but God shall laugh them to scorn: and they shall hereafter be a vile carcase, and a reproach among the dead forever.)

KJB-1611 They shal see him and despise him, but God shall laugh them to scorne, and they shal hereafter be a vile carkeis, and a reproch among the dead for euermore.
(They shall see him and despise him, but God shall laugh them to scorn, and they shall hereafter be a vile carcass, and a reproach among the dead forever.)

Wycl For thei schulen se, and schulen dispise hym; but the Lord schal scorne hem.
(For they should see, and should despise him; but the Lord shall scorn hem.)

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