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Read›Wisdom of Solomon›Chapter 14
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
- WEB
- for he, wishing perhaps to please his ruler, used his art to force the likeness toward a greater beauty.
- DRC
- For he being willing to please him that employed him, laboured with all his art to make the resemblance in the best manner.
- LXXE
- For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ μὲν γὰρ τάχα τῷ κρατοῦντι βουλόμενος ἀρέσαι, ἐξεβιάσατο τῇ τέχνῃ τὴν ὁμοιότητα ἐπὶ τὸ κάλλιον.