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Sirach 10:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 10:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 An undisciplined king ruins his people,
but a city becomes fit to live in through the understanding of its rulers.(A)
4 The government of the earth is in the hand of the Lord,
and over it he will raise up the right leader for the time.(B)
5 Human success is in the hand of the Lord,
and it is he who confers honor upon the lawgiver.[a](C)
Footnotes
- 10.5 Heb: Gk scribe
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