Parallel SIR 40:1

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BrLXX Ἀσχολιὰ μεγάλη ἔκτισται παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ, καὶ ζυγὸς βαρὺς ἐπὶ υἱοὺς Ἀδὰμ, ἀφʼ ἡμέρας ἐξόδου ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρὸς αὐτῶν ἕως ἡμέρας ἐπὶ ταφῇ εἰς μητέρα πάντων.
(Asⱪolia megalaʸ ektistai panti anthrōpōi, kai zugos barus epi huious Adam, afʼ haʸmeras exodou ek gastros maʸtros autōn heōs haʸmeras epi tafaʸ eis maʸtera pantōn. )

BrTr Great travail is created for every man, and an heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day that they go out of their mother's womb, till the day that they return to the mother of all things.

WEBBE Great travail is created for every man.
⇔ A heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam,
⇔ from the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb,
⇔ until the day for their burial in the mother of all things.

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Great trauaile is created for euery man, and an heauy yoke is vpon the sons of Adam, from the day that they goe out of their mothers wombe, till the day that they returne to the mother of all things.
(¶ Great trauaile is created for every man, and an heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day that they go out of their mothers womb, till the day that they return to the mother of all things.)

40:1 Eccles.1.3