Parallel 2MA 2:31

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BrLXX Τὸ δὲ σύντομον τῆς λέξεως μεταδιώκειν, καὶ τὸ ἐξεργαστικὸν τῆς πραγματείας παραιτεῖσθαι, τῷ τὴν μετάφρασιν ποιουμένῳ συγχωρητέον.
(To de suntomon taʸs lexeōs metadiōkein, kai to exergastikon taʸs pragmateias paraiteisthai, tōi taʸn metafrasin poioumenōi sugⱪōraʸteon. )

BrTr but to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgement.

WEBBE but to strive after brevity of expression, and to avoid a laboured fullness in the treatment, is to be granted to him who would bring a writing into a new form.

KJB-1611 But to vse breuitie, and auoyde much labouring of the worke, is to bee granted to him that will make an abridgement.
(But to use breuitie, and auoyde much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgement.)