Parallel SIR 23:14

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BrLXX Μνήσθητι πατρὸς καὶ μητρός σου, ἀναμέσον γὰρ μεγιστάνων συνεδρεύεις· μήποτʼ ἐπιλάθῃ ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν, καὶ τῷ ἐθισμῷ σου μωρανθῇς, καὶ θελήσεις εἰ μὴ ἐγεννήθης, καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ τοκετοῦ σου καταράσῃ.
(Mnaʸsthaʸti patros kai maʸtros sou, anameson gar megistanōn sunedreueis; maʸpotʼ epilathaʸ enōpion autōn, kai tōi ethismōi sou mōranthaʸs, kai thelaʸseis ei maʸ egennaʸthaʸs, kai taʸn haʸmeran tou toketou sou katarasaʸ. )

BrTr Remember thy father and thy mother, when thou sittest among great men. Be not forgetful before them, and so thou by thy custom become a fool, and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity.

WEBBE Remember your father and your mother,
⇔ for you sit in the midst of great men,
⇔ that you be not forgetful before them,
⇔ and become a fool by your bad habit;
⇔ so you may wish that you had not been born,
⇔ and curse the day of your birth.

KJB-1611 Remember thy father and thy mother, when thou sittest among great men. Be not forgetfull before them, and so thou by thy custome become a foole, and wish that thou hadst not beene borne, and curse the day of thy natiuitie.
(Remember thy/your father and thy/your mother, when thou/you sittest among great men. Be not forgetfull before them, and so thou/you by thy/your custome become a foole, and wish that thou/you hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy/your natiuitie.)