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Sirach 20:28-30
Wycliffe Bible
Sirach 20:28-30
Wycliffe Bible
28 He that worketh his land, shall make high the heap of fruits; and he that worketh rightfulness, shall be enhanced (or exalted) [or and who worketh rightwiseness, he shall much be enhanced]. Soothly he that pleaseth great men, shall escape wickedness.
29 Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges; and as (one) dumb in the mouth it turneth away the chastisings of them. [Presents and gifts full out blind the eyes of doomsmen; and as a dumb in the mouth he turneth away the chastisings of them.]
30 Wisdom hid, and treasure unseen, what profit is in ever either?
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2001 by Terence P. Noble