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Wisdom of Ben Sira 30:17
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17 Death is better than a life of misery,
    and eternal rest[a] is preferable to chronic illness.

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  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 30:17 The author was not aware of the huge value placed on suffering that was only fully revealed in the New Testament by Christ’s Passion and Death. Eternal rest: lacking in some early MSS.
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