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Wisdom 11:9-11
Wycliffe Bible
Wisdom 11:9-11
Wycliffe Bible
9 For when they were assayed, soothly they took chastising with mercy; they knew, how wicked men deemed with ire, should suffer torments. [When forsooth they were tempted, forsooth and with mercy discipline they took; they knew, how with wrath the unpious men deemed, torments should suffer.]
10 Soothly thou admonishing as a father, provedest these men; but thou as an hard king asking condemnedest them (or the others). [These forsooth as a father warned, thou provedest; them forsooth as an hard king asking, thou condemnedest.]
11 For why men absent and men present were tormented in like manner. [Forsooth the absent men and the present (in) like manner were tormented.]
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