Wisdom 4:3 — compare Bible translations

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OET (OET-RV) But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit,
⇔ and their illegitimate offshoots won’t take deep root,
⇔ ≈ nor will they establish a sure hold.

Draft grammatical colours: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative. Colours indicate agreement between available Greek form analyses; grammar in this passage has not been reviewed. Uncertain words remain uncoloured.

BrLXX Πολύγονον δὲ ἀσεβῶν πλῆθος οὐ χρησιμεύσει, καὶ ἐκ νόθων μοσχευμάτων οὐ δώσει ῥίζαν εἰς βάθος, οὐδὲ ἀσφαλῆ βάσιν ἑδράσει.
(Polugonon de asebōn plaʸthos ou ⱪraʸsimeusei, kai ek nothōn mosⱪeumatōn ou dōsei ɽizan eis bathos, oude asfalaʸ basin hedrasei.)

BrTr But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, nor lay any fast foundation.

WEBBE But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit,
⇔ and their illegitimate offshoots won’t take deep root,
⇔ nor will they establish a sure hold.

DRA But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation.

RV But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall be of no profit,
⇔ And [fn] with bastard [fn] slips they shall not strike deep root,
⇔ Nor shall they establish a sure hold.
(But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall be of no profit,
⇔ And with bastard/out_of_wedlock slips they shall not strike deep root,
⇔ Nor shall they establish a sure hold.)

4:3 Gr. from

4:3 Or, offshoots

KJB-1769 But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, nor lay any fast foundation.
(But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, nor take deep rooting from bastard/out_of_wedlock slips, nor lay any fast foundation.)

KJB-1611 But the multiplying brood of the vngodly shall not thriue, nor take deepe rooting from bastard slips, nor lay any fast foundation.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Wycl But the many fold gendrid multitude of wickid men schal not be profitable; and plauntyngis of auoutrie schulen not yyue deepe rootis, nether schulen sette stable stidfastnesse.
(But the manifold born multitude of wicked men shall not be profitable; and plantings of adultery should not give deep roots, neither should set stable steadfastness.)

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