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Louis Segond 1910
Les desseins dans le coeur de l'homme sont des eaux profondes, Mais l'homme intelligent sait y puiser.
KJV
Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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