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Sirach 10:9-11
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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. 11 When a person dies, all he then possesses is worms, flies, and maggots.

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  1. Sirach 10:9 Our body...alive; this sentence in both Greek and Hebrew is unclear.
  2. Sirach 10:10 A long...doctor; this sentence in both Greek and Hebrew is unclear.
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