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lest peradventure I be full-filled, and be drawn to deny, and say, Who is the Lord? and lest I be compelled by neediness, and steal, and forswear the name of my God. (lest perhaps I be filled full, and be drawn to deny, and then say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be compelled by neediness, and steal, and forswear the name of my God.)

10 Accuse thou not a servant to his lord, lest peradventure he curse thee, and thou fall down.

11 (There is) A generation that curseth his father, and that blesseth not his mother. (There be people who curse their fathers, and do not bless their mothers.)

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Otherwise, I may have too much and disown(A) you
    and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’(B)
Or I may become poor and steal,
    and so dishonor the name of my God.(C)

10 “Do not slander a servant to their master,
    or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

11 “There are those who curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers;(D)

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