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Sirach 17:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 17:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
17 The Lord created human beings out of earth,
and makes them return to it again.
2 He gave them a fixed number of days,
but granted them authority over everything on the earth.[a]
3 He endowed them with strength like his own,[b]
and made them in his own image.
Footnotes
- Sirach 17:2 Lat: Gk it
- Sirach 17:3 Lat: Gk proper to them
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