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Louis Segond 1910
Comme l'oiseau s'échappe, comme l'hirondelle s'envole, Ainsi la malédiction sans cause n'a point d'effet.
KJV
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
o suo. Avis est levitas verborum, ut in Parabolis: «Avis ad alta transvolat [Note: [Col. 0871] 16 Prov. XXVI, 2.] ,» quod verba levia ad eum qui protulit, veniunt. Avis, superbus ille hostis, ut in [Col. 0871D] Job: «Nunquid * illudet ei, quasi avi [Note: [Col. 0871] 17 Job…
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