1 Esdras 4:31
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CEB
At this the king would stare at her with his mouth wide open. If she smiles at him, he laughs; but if she should get angry with him, he humors her so that she may be reconciled to him.
NRSVA
At this the king would gaze at her with mouth agape. If she smiles at him, he laughs; if she loses her temper with him, he flatters her, so that she may be reconciled to him.
NRSVUE
At this the king would gaze at her with mouth agape. If she smiles at him, he laughs; if she loses her temper with him, he flatters her, so that she may be reconciled to him.
RSV
At this the king would gaze at her with mouth agape. If she smiles at him, he laughs; if she loses her temper with him, he flatters her, that she may be reconciled to him.
WYC
And over these things, the mouth opened, he beheld her, and if she laugh to (or at) him, he laughed, and if she were wroth to him, he glosseth (or he flattereth), or pleaseth, unto the time that he be reconciled [in]to grace.
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