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Ben Sira 33:26-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ben Sira 33:26-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 Make a slave work, and he will look for rest;
let his hands be idle and he will seek to be free.(A)
27 The yoke and harness will bow the neck;
and for a wicked slave, punishment in the stocks.
28 Force him to work that he be not idle,
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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