Ben Sira 14:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 All flesh grows old like a garment;
the age-old law is: everyone must die.(A)
18 As with the leaves growing on a luxuriant tree—
one falls off and another sprouts—
So with the generations of flesh and blood:
one dies and another flourishes.(B)
19 All human deeds surely perish;
the works they do follow after them.
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