2 Maccabees 2:31

ASV Byzantine Text

but to strive after brevity of expression, and to avoid a labored fullness in the treatment, is to be granted to him that would bring a writing into a new form.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae patoeng aka thui coeng long tah a thuingaihnah te bawt a thui vetih, khocueh rhamvueh lam tah thui mah pawh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Etenim intellectum colligere, et ordinare sermonem, et curiosius partes singulas quasque disquirere, historiæ congruit auctori:

Brenton English Septuagint

but to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgement.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Maar hem, die een overzicht geeft, moet het vrij staan, zich kort uit te drukken, en af te zien van volledigheid in zijn werk.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For to collect all that is to be known, to put the discourse in order, and curiously to discuss every particular point, is the duty of the author of a history:

King James Version + Apocrypha

But to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

but to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.

LXX2012 U. S. English

But to use brevity, and avoid much laboring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.

British English Septuagint 2012

But to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.

Revised Version

but to strive after brevity of expression, and to avoid a laboured fulness in the treatment, is to be granted to him that would bring a writing into a new form.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

mais il faut accorder à celui qui veut donner une nouvelle forme à un écrit le soin d'être bref et d'éviter une plénitude laborieuse dans le traitement.

Spanish BLL

pero al que nomás hace un resumen, se le da chance de ir al grano y saltarse las explicaciones tan largas.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

pero esforzarse por la brevedad de expresión, y evitar una plenitud laboriosa en el tratamiento, se le debe conceder al que desea llevar un escrito a una nueva forma.

Croatian Bible

A onomu koji sažima treba dopustiti da bude kratak u izlaganju, kloneći se iscrpne povijesti.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

but to use brevity, and avoid much laboring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgement.

World English Bible (Catholic)

but to strive after brevity of expression, and to avoid a labored fullness in the treatment, is to be granted to him who would bring a writing into a new form.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

but to strive after brevity of expression, and to avoid a laboured fullness in the treatment, is to be granted to him who would bring a writing into a new form.

World English Bible Classic

but to strive after brevity of expression, and to avoid a labored fullness in the treatment, is to be granted to him who would bring a writing into a new form.

World English Bible Updated

but to strive after brevity of expression, and to avoid a labored fullness in the treatment, is to be granted to him who would bring a writing into a new form.

Brenton Septuagint

Τὸ δὲ σύντομον τῆς λέξεως μεταδιώκειν, καὶ τὸ ἐξεργαστικὸν τῆς πραγματείας παραιτεῖσθαι, τῷ τὴν μετάφρασιν ποιουμένῳ συγχωρητέον.

Mashi Bible

Ci kuli olya wanayandikaga ebinyinyî byônene, onamuleke anyihye emyanzi, alekicishambâla emyanzi yoshi.

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