Sirach 16:3
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English
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Latin
3Do not trust in their survival
or rely on their numbers,p
for one can be better than a thousand,
and to die childless is better than to have ungodly children.*
Footnotes
- pOther ancient authorities add for you will groan in untimely mourning, and will know of their sudden end
Cross references
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