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Louis Segond 1910
Le Liban ne suffit pas pour le feu, Et ses animaux ne suffisent pas pour l'holocauste.
KJV
And Lebanon [is] not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
And Lebanon [is] not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
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Summa Theologica
he has, does not suffice to pay what he owes for the blessing of creation, wherefore it is written ( Is. 40:16 ) that "the wood of Libanus shall not be enough for a burnt offering [*Vulg.: 'Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof for a burnt offering']." There…
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