1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Sirach 14:18 | *All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree. Isaias 40:6.; James 1:10.; 1 Peter 1:24. | Fade. Greek, "grow old like a garment. For the covenant from the beginning is, he shall die the death. Like a leaf flourishing on a bushy tree." (Haydock) --- Homer has the same thought, Iliad vi. |