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Sirach 41:9-11
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9     You[a] will beget them only for groaning.
When you stumble, there is lasting joy,[b]
    and when you die, a curse is your lot.(A)
10 Whatever comes from earth returns to earth,
    so the ungodly go from curse to destruction.(B)

11 The breath[c] of humans is in their bodies,
    but a virtuous name will never be blotted out.[d](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 41.9 Other ancient authorities read If you have children, calamity will be theirs; you
  2. 41.9 Heb: Meaning of Gk uncertain
  3. 41.11 Heb: Gk misery
  4. 41.11 Heb: Gk but the bad name of sinners will be blotted out
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