Parallel WIS 2:5

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BrLXX Σκιᾶς γὰρ πάροδος ὁ βίος ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀναποδισμὸς τῆς τελευτῆς ἡμῶν, ὅτι κατεσφραγίσθη, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀναστρέφει.
(Skias gar parodos ho bios haʸmōn, kai ouk estin anapodismos taʸs teleutaʸs haʸmōn, hoti katesfragisthaʸ, kai oudeis anastrefei. )

BrTr For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again.

WEBBE For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow,
⇔ and our end doesn’t retreat,
⇔ because it is securely sealed, and no one[fn] turns it back.

2:5 Or, comes again

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]For our time is a very shadow that passeth away: and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man commeth againe.
(For our time is a very shadow that passeth away: and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh/comes again.)

2:5 1.Chr.29. 15.

2:5 Or, he.