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Louis Segond 1910
Ne sois pas juste à l'excès, et ne te montre pas trop sage: pourquoi te détruirais-tu?
KJV
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
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