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Sirach 47:2-4
Wycliffe Bible
Sirach 47:2-4
Wycliffe Bible
2 And as inner fatness departed from the flesh, so David from the sons of Israel. [As tallow severed from the flesh, so David from the sons of Israel.]
3 He played with lions, as with lambs; he did in like manner with bears, as with lambs of sheep.
4 Whether in his youth he killed not a giant, and took away shame from the folk? In raising (up) the hand in (or with) a stone of a sling, he casted down the full out joying of Goliath, [In his youth whether he slew not a giant, and took away reproof from the folk? In taking the hand in the stone of the sling, he threw down the joy of Goliath,]
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2001 by Terence P. Noble