Parallel WIS 4:9

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BrLXX Πολιὰ δέ ἐστιν φρόνησις ἀνθρώποις, καὶ ἡλικία γήρως βίος ἀκηλίδωτος.
(Polia de estin fronaʸsis anthrōpois, kai haʸlikia gaʸrōs bios akaʸlidōtos. )

BrTr But wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.

WEBBE but understanding is grey hair to men,
⇔ and an unspotted life is ripe old age.

KJB-1611 But wisedome is the gray haire vnto men, & an vnspotted life is old age.
(But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.)