Parallel SIR 23:19

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BrLXX καὶ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἀνθρώπων ὁ φόβος αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω ὅτι ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου μυριοπλασίως ἡλίου φωτεινότεροι, ἐπιβλέποντες πάσας ὁδοὺς ἀνθρώπων, καὶ κατανοοῦντες εἰς ἀπόκρυφα μέρη.
(kai ofthalmoi anthrōpōn ho fobos autou; kai ouk egnō hoti ofthalmoi Kuriou murioplasiōs haʸliou fōteinoteroi, epiblepontes pasas hodous anthrōpōn, kai katanoountes eis apokrufa meraʸ. )

BrTr such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, and considering the most secret parts.

WEBBE The eyes of men are his terror.
⇔ He doesn’t know that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun,
⇔ seeing all the ways of men,
⇔ and looking into secret places.

KJB-1611 Such a man only feareth the eies of men, and knoweth not that the eies of the Lord are tenne thousand times brighter then the Sunne, beholding all the waies of men, and considering the most secret parts.
(Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth/knows not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter then the Sun, beholding all the waies of men, and considering the most secret parts.)