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Louis Segond 1910
un temps pour chercher, et un temps pour perdre; un temps pour garder, et un temps pour jeter;
KJV
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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