Parallel WIS 14:31

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BrLXX Οὐ γὰρ ἡ τῶν ὀμνυομένων δύναμις, ἀλλʼ ἡ τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων δίκη ἐπεξέρχεται ἀεὶ τὴν τῶν ἀδίκων παράβασιν.
(Ou gar haʸ tōn omnuomenōn dunamis, allʼ haʸ tōn hamartanontōn dikaʸ epexerⱪetai aei taʸn tōn adikōn parabasin. )

BrTr For it is not the power of them by whom they swear: but it is the just vengeance of sinners, that punisheth always the offence of the ungodly.

WEBBE For it is not the power of things by which men swear,
⇔ but it is the just penalty for those who sin
⇔ that always visits the transgression of the unrighteous.

KJB-1611 For it is not the power of them by whom they sweare: but it is the iust vengeance of sinners, that punisheth alwayes the offence of the vngodly.
(For it is not the power of them by whom they sweare: but it is the just vengeance of sinners, that punisheth always the offence of the ungodly.)