Parallel WIS 4:2

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BrLXX παροῦσάν τε μιμοῦνται αὐτὴν, καὶ ποθοῦσιν ἀπελθοῦσαν καὶ ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι στεφανηφοροῦσα πομπεύει, τὸν τῶν ἀμιάντων ἄθλων ἀγῶνα νικήσασα.
(parousan te mimountai autaʸn, kai pothousin apelthousan kai en tōi aiōni stefanaʸforousa pompeuei, ton tōn amiantōn athlōn agōna nikaʸsasa. )

BrTr When it is present, men take example at it; and when it is gone, they desire it: it weareth a crown, and triumpheth for ever, having gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewards.

WEBBE When it is present, people imitate it.
⇔ They long after it when it has departed.
⇔ Throughout all time it marches, crowned in triumph,
⇔ victorious in the competition for the prizes that are undefiled.

KJB-1611 When it is present, men take example at it, and when it is gone they desire it: it weareth a crown, and triumpheth for euer, hauing gotten the victorie, striuing for vndefiled rewards.
(When it is present, men take example at it, and when it is gone they desire it: it weareth a crown, and triumpheth forever, having gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewards.)