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Sirach 6:21
She will be like a heavy stone that tests them, and they won’t hesitate to throw her aside.
How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her.
Her requirements are a burden heavier than they are willing to bear, and they quickly lay them aside.
She will be like a burdensome stone to them, and they will not delay in casting her aside.
She will serve as a heavy stone to test him, and he will lose no time in casting her aside.
She will be like a heavy stone to test them, and they will not delay in casting her aside.
She will be like a heavy stone to test them, and they will not delay in casting her aside.
She will be like a heavy stone to test them, and they will not delay in casting her aside.
She will be like a heavy stone to test them, and they will not delay in casting her aside.
She will weigh him down like a heavy testing stone, and he will not be slow to cast her off.
She will weigh him down like a heavy testing stone, and he will not be slow to cast her off.
As the virtue (or the strength) of a stone, proving shall be in them; and they shall not tarry to cast away it [or to throw it afar].
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