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Sirach 40:4-6
Wycliffe Bible
Sirach 40:4-6
Wycliffe Bible
4 from him that useth jacinth, (or hyacinth), [or blue silk], and beareth a crown, unto him that is covered with raw linen cloth (or a linen cloak),
5 madness (or anger), envy, noise, doubting, and dread of death, wrathfulness dwelling continually [or steadfastly abiding], and strife; and in the time of resting [or of repast] in the bed, the sleep of night changeth his cunning (or his knowing, or his knowledge).
6 Forsooth a little is as nought in rest; beholding is of him in sleep as in the day. He is disturbed (or troubled) in the sight of his heart, as he that escapeth [or (that) escaped] in the day of battle.
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2001 by Terence P. Noble