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Sirach 40:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 40:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 At the moment he reaches safety[a] he wakes up,
astonished that his fears were groundless.(A)
8 To all creatures, human and animal,
but to sinners seven times more,
9 come death and bloodshed and strife and sword,
calamities and famine and ruin and plague.
Footnotes
- 40.7 Other ancient authorities read need
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