Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Le malheur ne sort pas de la poussière, Et la souffrance ne germe pas du sol;
KJV
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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