Holy Scripture

Sirach 40:7

Source: Septuagint

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7When all is safe, he awaketh, And marveleth that the fear was nothing.

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5Wrath, and envy, trouble, and unquietness, fear of death, and anger, and strife, And in the time of rest upon his bed his night sleep, do change his knowledge.

6Little or nothing is his rest, And afterward he is in his sleep as in a day of keeping watch, Troubled in the vision of his heart, As if he were escaped out of a battle.

— Sirach 40:7 —

8Such things happen unto all flesh, both man and beast, And sevenfold more upon sinners.

9Death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, Calamities, famine, tribulation, and the scourge;

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