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Sirach 10:9-11
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Sirach 10:9-11
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
9 How can dust and ashes be proud?
Even in life the human body decays.[a]
10 A long illness baffles the physician;[b]
the king of today will die tomorrow.
11 For when one is dead
he inherits maggots and vermin[c] and worms.
Footnotes
- Sirach 10:9 Heb: Meaning of Gk uncertain
- Sirach 10:10 Heb Lat: Meaning of Gk uncertain
- Sirach 10:11 Heb: Gk wild animals
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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