Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Il naît, il est coupé comme une fleur; Il fuit et disparaît comme une ombre.
KJV
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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