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Louis Segond 1910
A quoi sert l'argent dans la main de l'insensé? A acheter la sagesse?... Mais il n'a point de sens.
KJV
Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
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