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I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,
    but then comes sudden disaster.
Their children are abandoned far from help;
    they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
The hungry devour their harvest,
    even when it is guarded by brambles.[a]
    The thirsty pant after their wealth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:5a The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. 5:5b As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads A snare snatches their wealth.

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