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Louis Segond 1910
Ils aiguisent leur langue comme un serpent, Ils ont sous leurs lèvres un venin d'aspic. Pause.
KJV
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
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