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Louis Segond 1910
Mon fils, crains l'Eternel et le roi; Ne te mêle pas avec les hommes remuants;
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My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:
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