Wisdom of Sirach 21:2 (Brenton): Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: For if thou comest too near it, it will bite thee: The teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, Slaying the souls of men.
Septuagint (LXX) interlinear — Wisdom of Sirach 21:2
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- ὡς hos as as, like as conjunction G5613
- ἀπὸ apo from from, away from preposition G575
- προσώπου prosopou face the face, countenance noun, Gen Sing Neut G4383
- ὄφεως opheos serpent a serpent noun, Gen Sing Masc G3789
- φεῦγε pheuge Flee flee, escape verb, Pres Act Imperative 2nd Sing G5343
- ἀπὸ apo from from, away from preposition G575
- ἁμαρτίας hamartias sin a sin noun, Gen Sing Fem G266
- ἐὰν ean if if conjunction G1437
- γὰρ gar For for particle G1063
- προσέλθῃς proselthes near come near, consent to verb, Aor Act Subj 2nd Sing G4334
- δήξεταί dexetai bite bite, backbite verb, Fut Mid Ind 3rd Sing G1143
- σε se thee thee, thou pronoun, personal/possessive, Acc Sing G4571
- ὀδόντες odontes teeth a tooth noun, Nom Plur Masc G3599
- λέοντος leontos lion a lion noun, Gen Sing Masc G3023
- οἱ hoi the the pronoun, article, Nom Plur Masc G3588
- ὀδόντες odontes teeth a tooth noun, Nom Plur Masc G3599
- αὐτῆς autes it he, she pronoun, demonstrative, Gen Sing Fem G846
- ἀναιροῦντες anairountes Slaying take up, abolish verb, Pres Act Part Nom Plur Masc G337
- ψυχὰς psuchas souls the soul, life noun, Acc Plur Fem G5590
- ἀνθρώπων anthropon men a man, one of the human race noun, Gen Plur Masc G444
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