Wisdom 14:17

ASV Byzantine Text

And when men could not honor them in presence because they dwelt far off, Imagining the likeness from afar, They made a visible image of the king whom they honored, That by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Pilnam he hla la kho a sak tih a manghai a hmai ah a bawk thai pawt vaengah, Khohla lamloh a mael hmai te a poek uh. Te dongah a hinyahnah manghai kah a muei te hmuh ham a saii uh. Te vaengah aka om pawt te aka om bangla a poek uh tih a thincavat uh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et hos quos in palam homines honorare non poterant propter hoc quod longe essent, e longinquo figura eorum allata, evidentem imaginem regis quem honorare volebant fecerunt, ut illum qui aberat, tamquam præsentem colerent sua sollicitudine.

Brenton English Septuagint

Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Gold zij als wet, en vereerde men beelden op bevel der vorsten. Want als men om de verre afstand henzelf niet kon vereren, Maakte men zich uit de verte een voorstelling van hun gestalte. Men vervaardigde een prachtig beeld van den gevierden koning, Om met alle ijver den afwezige te vleien, als was hij er bij;

Douay-Rheims 1899

And those whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they brought their resemblance from afar, and made an express image of the king whom they had a mind to honour: that by this their diligence, they might honour as present, him that was absent.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Whom men could not honor in presence, because they lived far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honored, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.

British English Septuagint 2012

Whom men could not honour in presence, because they lived far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.

Revised Version

And when men could not honour them in presence because they dwelt far off, Imagining the likeness from afar, They made a visible image of the king whom they honoured, That by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Et quand les hommes ne pouvaient pas les honorer en présence parce qu'ils habitaient loin, en imaginant la ressemblance de loin, ils ont fait une image visible du roi qu'ils honoraient, afin que par leur zèle, ils puissent flatter les absents comme s'ils étaient présents.

Spanish BLL

Y como a veces la gente no podía rendirles honores en persona porque vivían muy lejos, se imaginaban cómo era el rey desde lejos, y le hacían una estatua al rey que querían honrar, para poder barbear al que no estaba como si estuviera ahí presente.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y cuando los hombres no podían honrarlos en persona porque vivían lejos, imaginando la semejanza desde lejos, hicieron una imagen visible del rey a quien honraban, para que por su celo pudieran adular al ausente como si estuviera presente.

Croatian Bible

i po zapovijedi vladara uvelo se štovanje likova. A onih koje ljudi nisu mogli u osobi njihovoj štovati, jer su predaleko od njih prebivali, približavahu sebi njihovo daleko obličje, načinivši od čašćenog kralja vidljiv lik da mu nenazočnu revno laskaju kao da je nazočan.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Whom men could not honor in presence, because they dwelt far off, They took the counterfeit of his visage from far, And made an express image of a king whom they honored, To the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.

World English Bible (Catholic)

And when men could not honor them in presence because they lived far off, imagining the likeness from afar, they made a visible image of the king whom they honored, that by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

And when men could not honour them in presence because they lived far off, imagining the likeness from afar, they made a visible image of the king whom they honoured, that by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.

World English Bible Classic

And when men could not honor them in presence because they lived far off, imagining the likeness from afar, they made a visible image of the king whom they honored, that by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.

World English Bible Updated

And when men could not honor them in presence because they lived far off, imagining the likeness from afar, they made a visible image of the king whom they honored, that by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.

SEPTUAGINTA

οὓς ἐν ὄψει μὴ δυνάμενοι τιμᾶν ἄνθρωποι διὰ τὸ μακρὰν οἰκεῖν, τὴν πόρρωθεν ὄψιν ἀνατυπωσάμενοι, ἐμφανῆ εἰκόνα τοῦ τιμωμένου βασιλέως ἐποίησαν, ἵνα τὸν ἀπόντα ὡς παρόντα κολακεύωσι διὰ τῆς σπουδῆς.

Brenton Septuagint

καὶ τυράννων ἐπιταγαῖς ἐθρησκεύετο τὰ γλυπτά· οὓς ἐν ὄψει μὴ δυνάμενοι τιμᾷν ἄνθρωποι διὰ τὸ μακρὰν οἰκεῖν, τὴν πόῤῥωθεν ὄψιν ἀνατυπωσάμενοι, ἐμφανῆ εἰκόνα τοῦ τιμωμένου βασιλέως ἐποίησαν, ἵνα τὸν ἀπόντα ὡς παρόντα κολακεύωσι διὰ τῆς σπουδῆς.

Mashi Bible

Abarhwâli nabo barhegeka mpu ensanamu zibinjwe abantu bakaz’izigashâniza. Abarhahashag’ikuzibwa bône erhi kubà kulî kurhuma, obusù buli kulî babuhira hôfi omu kubinja enshusho yaboneka y’omwâmi bakenzire; ntyo, obwo bushiru bwarhuma bakaz’iharâmya omwâmi oli kulî nka kulya ankabîre hôfi.

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