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Sirach 14:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 14:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 All living beings become old like a garment,
for the decree[a] from of old is, “You must die!”(A)
18 Like abundant leaves on a spreading tree
that sheds some and puts forth others,
so are the generations of flesh and blood:
one dies, and another is born.(B)
19 Every work decays and ceases to exist,
and the one who made it will pass away with it.
Footnotes
- 14.17 Heb: Gk covenant
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