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Louis Segond 1910
Le séjour des morts et l'abîme sont devant l'Eternel; Combien plus les coeurs des fils de l'homme!
KJV
Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
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e of God is not imperfect. Therefore God does not know evil things. On the contrary, It is written ( Prov. 15:11 ), "Hell and destruction are before God [Vulg: 'the Lord']." I answer that, Whoever knows a thing perfectly, must know all that can be accidental to it. Now there are…
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