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Genesis 3:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 3:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
cursed are you among all animals
and among all wild creatures;
upon your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.(A)
Wisdom of Solomon 14:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Wisdom of Solomon 14:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 When people could not honor monarchs[a] in their presence, since they lived at a distance,
they imagined their appearance far away
and made a visible image of the king whom they honored,
so that by their zeal they might flatter the absent one as though present.(A)
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- 14.17 Gk them
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