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10 The way of sinners is set (al)together [or planted] with stones; and in the end of them be hells[a] [or hell], and darknesses, and pains.

11 He that keepeth rightfulness, shall hold the wit (or the understanding) thereof. The perfection of God’s dread is wisdom and wit.

12 He shall not be taught, which is not wise in good. Forsooth unwisdom is, which is plenteous in evil; and wit is not, where (there) is bitterness. [He shall not be learned, that is not wise in good. There is forsooth unwisdom, that aboundeth in evil; and there is not wit, where is bitterness.]

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 21:10 It is said ‘hells’ in plural number, for many places be there.