Parallel WIS 17:21

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(All still tentative.)

BrLXX Μόνοις δὲ ἐκείνοις ἐπετέτατο βαρεῖα νὺξ, εἰκὼν τοῦ μέλλοντος αὐτοὺς διαδέχεσθαι σκότους, ἑαυτοῖς δὲ ἦσαν βαρύτεροι σκότους.
(Monois de ekeinois epetetato bareia nux, eikōn tou mellontos autous diadeⱪesthai skotous, heautois de aʸsan baruteroi skotous. )

BrTr over them only was spread a heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterward receive them: but yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.

WEBBE while over them alone was spread a heavy night,
⇔ an image of the darkness that should afterward receive them;
⇔ but to themselves, they were heavier than darkness.

KJB-1611 Ouer them onely was spread an heauie night, an image of that darkenesse which should afterwards receiue them: but yet were they vnto themselues more grieuous then the darkenesse.
(Ouer them only was spread an heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterwards receive them: but yet were they unto themselves more grievous then the darkness.)