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Sirach 10:8-10
Good News Translation
Sirach 10:8-10
Good News Translation
8 Injustice, arrogance, and wealth cause nations to fall from power, and others then rise to take their place. 9 We are only dust and ashes; what have we got to be proud of Our body decays even while we are alive.[a] 10 A long illness puzzles the doctor.[b] Even a king may be alive today and dead tomorrow.
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- Sirach 10:9 Our body...alive; this sentence in both Greek and Hebrew is unclear.
- Sirach 10:10 A long...doctor; this sentence in both Greek and Hebrew is unclear.
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