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Sirach 18:9-11
Common English Bible
Sirach 18:9-11
Common English Bible
9 The length of a person’s life
is as much as one hundred years.[a]
10 Like a drop of water from the sea
or a grain of sand,
so are a few years in the span of eternity.
11 Therefore, the Lord was patient
with them,
and he poured out his mercy upon them.
Footnotes
- Sirach 18:9 LXXb adds but the death of any one of them cannot be calculated by anyone.
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