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10 A long illness mocks a doctor;
        today’s king will die tomorrow.
11     When people are dead,
        they inherit maggots, vermin,[a]
        and worms.
12 Human arrogance begins when people rebel against the Lord,
    and their hearts rebel
    against the one who made them.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 10:11 LXX beasts

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