Parallel SIR 16:2

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) If they multiply, don’t delight in them
⇔ unless the fear of the Lord is in them.

BrLXX Ἐὰν πληθύνωσι, μὴ εὐφραίνου ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς, εἰ μή ἐστι φόβος Κυρίου μετʼ αὐτῶν.
(Ean plaʸthunōsi, maʸ eufrainou epʼ autois, ei maʸ esti fobos Kuriou metʼ autōn. )

BrTr Though they multiply, rejoice not in them, except the fear of the Lord be with them.

WEBBE If they multiply, don’t delight in them
⇔ unless the fear of the Lord is in them.

DRA Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.

RV If they multiply, delight not in them,
⇔ Except the fear of the Lord be with them.

KJB-1769 Though they multiply, rejoice not in them, except the fear of the Lord be with them.

KJB-1611 Though they multiply, reioyce not in them, except the feare of the Lord be with them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Wycl Bileue thou not to the lijf of hem, and biholde thou not in to the trauels of hem.
(Believe thou/you not to the life of them, and behold thou/you not in to the travels of them.)