Parallel SIR 5:6

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BrLXX Καὶ μὴ εἴπῃς, ὁ οἰκτιρμὸς αὐτοῦ πολὺς, τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου ἐξιλάσεται· ἔλεος γὰρ καὶ ὀργὴ παρʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ ἁμαρτωλοὺς καταπαύσει ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ.
(Kai maʸ eipaʸs, ho oiktirmos autou polus, to plaʸthos tōn hamartiōn mou exilasetai; eleos gar kai orgaʸ parʼ autou, kai epi hamartōlous katapausei ho thumos autou. )

BrTr and say not, His mercy is great; he will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: for mercy and wrath come from him, and his indignation resteth upon sinners.

WEBBE Don’t say, “His compassion is great.
⇔ He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,”
⇔ for mercy and wrath are with him,
⇔ and his indignation will rest on sinners.

KJB-1611 [fn]And say not, His mercy is great, hee will be pacified for the multitude of my sinnes: for mercy and wrath come from him, and his indignation resteth vpon sinners.
(And say not, His mercy is great, he will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: for mercy and wrath come from him, and his indignation resteth upon sinners.)

5:6 Ecclus.21. 1.