For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
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Wisdom of Solomon 14:19
And so thorowe the beautie of the worke the multitude was allured, and so toke him now for a god, which a litle afore was but honored as a man.
Parallel Translations
For he, perhaps willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
for he, wishing perhaps to please his ruler, used his art to force the likeness toward a greater beauty.