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Sirach 40:6-8
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Sirach 40:6-8
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
6 He gets little or no rest;
he struggles in his sleep as he did by day.[a]
He is troubled by the visions of his mind
like one who has escaped from the battlefield.
7 At the moment he reaches safety he wakes up,
astonished that his fears were groundless.
8 To all creatures, human and animal,
but to sinners seven times more,
Footnotes
- Sirach 40:6 Arm: Meaning of Gk uncertain
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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