Sirach 18:7-9

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⁷When human beings have finished, they are just beginning,
and when they stop, they are still perplexed.
⁸What are human beings, and of what use are they?
What is good in them, and what is evil?
⁹The number of days in their life is great if they reach one hundred years.^[a]

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Sirach 18:9 Other ancient authorities add but the death of each one is beyond the calculation of all

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