Parallel SIR 38:34

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BrLXX Ἀλλὰ κτίσμα αἰῶνος στηρίσουσι· καὶ ἡ δέησις αὐτῶν ἐν ἐργασίᾳ τέχνης.
¶ Πλὴν τοῦ ἐπιδόντος τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ διανοουμένου ἐν νόμῳ ὑψίστου,
(Alla ktisma aiōnos staʸrisousi; kai haʸ deaʸsis autōn en ergasia teⱪnaʸs.
¶ Plaʸn tou epidontos taʸn psuⱪaʸn autou, kai dianooumenou en nomōi hupsistou, )

BrTr But they will maintain the state of the world, and [all] their desire is in the work of their craft.
¶ But he that giveth his mind to the law of the most High, and is occupied in the meditation thereof,

WEBBE But they will maintain the fabric of the age.
⇔ Their prayer is in the handiwork of their craft.

KJB-1611 But they will maintaine the state of the world, and [all] their desire is in the worke of their craft.
(But they will maintain the state of the world, and [all] their desire is in the work of their craft.)