2 Maccabees 2:31

LXX_WH⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ τὸ δὲ σύντομον τῆς λέξεως μεταδιώκειν καὶ τὸ ἐξεργαστικὸν τῆς πραγματείας παραιτεῖσθαι τῷ τὴν μετάφρασιν ποιουμένῳ συγχωρητέον

Clementine_Vulgate⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ Etenim intellectum colligere, et ordinare sermonem, et curiosius partes singulas quasque disquirere, historiæ congruit auctori:

Wycliffe⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ Forsothe for to gadere vndurstondyng, and ordeyne a word, and ful bisili for to enquere alle partis of the storie, ech bi hem silf, acordith to an autour;

Geneva⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ But it is permitted to him that will shorten it, to vse fewe woordes, and to auoide those things that are curious therein.

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ But he that afterwarde will shorten it, vseth fewe wordes, and toucheth not the matter at the largest: Let this be sufficient for a prologue.

DouayRheims⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ 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:

KJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ But to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.

ERV⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ 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.

WEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ 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.

LXX2012⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ But to use brevity, and avoid much laboring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.