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Louis Segond 1910
Que celui qui est stupide entre ici! Elle dit à ceux qui sont dépourvus de sens:
KJV
Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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