Wisdom 14:19

ASV Byzantine Text

For he, wishing peradventure to please one in authority, Used his art to force the likeness toward a greater beauty;

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Amah long tah a boei kah kolonah khaw ngaih maco, a suisak a then tloe neh, a mueiloh la tha buelh a huel sak,

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Ille enim, volens placere illi qui se assumpsit, elaboravit arte sua ut similitudinem in melius figuraret.

Brenton English Septuagint

For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Want om den vorst te behagen, gaf hij zich alle moeite, Om door zijn kunst het beeld zo schoon mogelijk te maken;

Douay-Rheims 1899

For he being willing to please him that employed him, laboured with all his art to make the resemblance in the best manner.

King James Version + Apocrypha

For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.

LXX2012 U. S. English

For he, perhaps willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.

British English Septuagint 2012

For he, perhaps willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.

Revised Version

For he, wishing peradventure to please one in authority, Used his art to force the likeness toward a greater beauty;

French Free Holy Bible for the World

pour lui, souhaitant peut-être faire plaisir à son chef, a utilisé son art pour forcer la ressemblance vers une plus grande beauté.

Spanish BLL

porque el escultor, queriendo a lo mejor quedar bien con el gobernante, le echó muchas ganas a su arte para que la estatua quedara todavía más bonita que el rey.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

porque este, deseando quizá agradar a su gobernante, usó su arte para forzar la semejanza hacia una mayor belleza.

Croatian Bible

Jer umjetnik, koji se možda htio dodvoriti vladaru, trudio se svim svojim umijećem da obličje bude što ljepše,

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, Forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.

World English Bible (Catholic)

for he, wishing perhaps to please his ruler, used his art to force the likeness toward a greater beauty.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

for he, wishing perhaps to please his ruler, used his art to force the likeness towards a greater beauty.

World English Bible Classic

for he, wishing perhaps to please his ruler, used his art to force the likeness toward a greater beauty.

World English Bible Updated

for he, wishing perhaps to please his ruler, used his art to force the likeness toward a greater beauty.

SEPTUAGINTA

ὁ μὲν γὰρ τάχα τῷ κρατοῦντι βουλόμενος ἀρέσαι, ἐξεβιάσατο τῇ τέχνῃ τὴν ὁμοιότητα ἐπὶ τὸ κάλλιον·

Brenton Septuagint

Ὁ μὲν γὰρ τάχα τῷ κρατοῦντι βουλόμενος ἀρέσαι, ἐξεβιάσατο τῇ τέχνῃ τὴν ὁμοιότητα ἐπὶ τὸ κάλλιον.

Mashi Bible

Omu kulonza okurhona emunda mwâmi ali, omubinji akolêsa obulenga bwâge bwoshi oku kujira enshusho nyinjà kulusha obusù bwonênè.

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