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Sirach 18:9-11
Revised Standard Version
Sirach 18:9-11
Revised Standard Version
9 The number of a man’s days is great if he reaches a hundred years.
10 Like a drop of water from the sea and a grain[a] of sand
so are a few years in the day of eternity.
11 Therefore the Lord is patient with them
and pours out his mercy upon them.
Footnotes
- Sirach 18:10 Gk pebble
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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