1 Esdras 4:31
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also: but if she took any displeasure at him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.
Greek · Brenton
Καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ὁ βασιλεὺς χάσκων τὸ στόμα ἐθεώρει αὐτήν· καὶ ἐὰν προσγελάσῃ αὐτῷ, γελᾷ· ἐὰν δὲ πικρανθῇ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, κολακεύει αὐτὴν, ὅπως διαλλαγῇ αὐτῷ.