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Wisdom of Solomon 14:19

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

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
For he, perhaps willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
King James Version
GNV1560View canonical →
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.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha