Parallel SIR 43:17

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BrLXX Φωνὴ βροντῆς αὐτοῦ ὠδίνησε γῆν, καὶ καταιγὶς Βορέου καὶ συστροφὴ πνεύματος· ὡς πετεινὰ καθιπτάμενα πάσσει χιόνα, καὶ ὡς ἀκρὶς καταλύουσα ἡ κατάβασις αὐτῆς.
(Fōnaʸ brontaʸs autou ōdinaʸse gaʸn, kai kataigis Boreou kai sustrofaʸ pneumatos; hōs peteina kathiptamena passei ⱪiona, kai hōs akris kataluousa haʸ katabasis autaʸs. )

BrTr The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: as birds flying he scattereth the snow, and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers:

WEBBE The voice of his thunder rebukes the earth.
⇔ So does the northern storm and the whirlwind.
⇔ Like birds flying down, he sprinkles the snow.
⇔ It falls down like the lighting of locusts.

KJB-1611 [fn]The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth the Northren storme, and the whirlewinde: as birds flying he scattereth the snow, and the falling downe thereof, is as the lighting of grashoppers.
(The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth the Northren storm, and the whirlwinde: as birds flying he scattereth/scatters the snow, and the falling down thereof, is as the lighting of grashoppers.)

43:17 Or, to grone as a woman in her trauaile.