Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Voici, le juste reçoit sur la terre une rétribution; Combien plus le méchant et le pécheur!
KJV
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
KJV
Hebrew original
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