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OET (OET-RV) It is better to be childless with virtue,
⇔ for immortality is in the memory of virtue,
⇔ because it is recognised both before God and before men.
BrLXX Κρείσσων ἀτεκνία μετὰ ἀρετῆς, ἀθανασία γάρ ἐστιν ἐν μνήμῃ αὐτῆς, ὅτι καὶ παρὰ Θεῷ γινώσκεται καὶ παρὰ ἀνθρώποις·
(Kreissōn ateknia meta aretaʸs, athanasia gar estin en mnaʸmaʸ autaʸs, hoti kai para Theōi ginōsketai kai para anthrōpois; )
BrTr Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.
WEBBE It is better to be childless with virtue,
⇔ for immortality is in the memory of virtue,
⇔ because it is recognised both before God and before men.
DRA O how beautiful is the chaste generation with glory: for the memory thereof is immortal: because it is known both with God and with men.
RV Better than this is childishness with virtue;
⇔ For in the memory [fn] of virtue is immortality:
⇔ Because it is recognised both before God and before men.
4:1 Gr. of it.
KJB-1769 Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.
KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Better it is to haue no children, and to haue vertue: for the memoriall thereof is immortal: because it is knowen with God and with men.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
4:1 Or, approued.
Wycl A! hou fair is chast generacioun with clerenesse; for the mynde therof is vndeedli, for it is knowun, both anentis God, and anentis men.
(A! how fair is chast generation with clereness; for the mind thereof is undeedli, for it is known, both towards God, and towards men.)