Sirach 40:1
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Hard work was created for every person, and a heavy yoke lies upon human beings, from the day when they leave their mother’s womb until the day when they return to the mother of all.
Great labour is created for all men, and a heavy yoke is upon the children of Adam, from the day of their coming out of their mother's womb, until the day of their burial into the mother of all.
Every person has been given a great deal of work to do. A heavy burden lies on all of us from the day of our birth until the day we go back to the earth, the mother of us all.
A great anxiety has God allotted, and a heavy yoke, to the children of Adam, From the day they leave their mother’s womb until the day they return to the mother of all the living.
Strenuous labor is the lot of everyone, and a heavy yoke has been laid on the children of Adam, from the day when one emerges from his mother’s womb until the day when he returns to the earth, the mother of all the living.
Hard work was created for everyone, and a heavy yoke is laid on the children of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb until the day they return to the mother of all the living.
Hard work was created for everyone, and a heavy yoke is laid on the children of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb until the day they return to the mother of all the living.
Hard work was created for everyone, and a heavy yoke is laid on the children of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb until the day they return to the mother of all the living.
Hard work was created for everyone, and a heavy yoke is laid on the children of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb until the day they return to the mother of all the living.
Much labor was created for every man, and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb till the day they return to the mother of all.
Much labor was created for every man, and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb till the day they return to the mother of all.
Great occupation is made to all men, and an heavy yoke on the sons of Adam, from the day of the going out of the womb of their mother, till into the day of burying into the mother of all men, that is, into the earth. [Great occupation is shaped to all men, and a grievous yoke upon the sons of Adam, from the day of the going out from the womb of the mother of them, unto the day of the burying into the mother of all things.]
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