Sirach 10:10-12

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¹⁰A long illness baffles the physician;^[a]
    the king of today will die tomorrow.
¹¹For when one is dead
    he inherits maggots and vermin^[b] and worms.
¹²The beginning of human pride is to forsake the Lord;
    the heart has withdrawn from its Maker.

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Footnotes

Sirach 10:10 Heb Lat: Meaning of Gk uncertain
Sirach 10:11 Heb: Gk wild animals

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