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12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree
    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.(A)

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12 The righteous will flourish(A) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;(B)

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16 The trees of the field[a] are watered abundantly,
    the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

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  1. 104.16 Gk: Heb trees of the Lord

16 The trees of the Lord(A) are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon(B) that he planted.

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I will be like the dew to Israel;
    he shall blossom like the lily;
    he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.[a](A)

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  1. 14.5 Cn: Heb like Lebanon

I will be like the dew(A) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.(B)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(C)
    he will send down his roots;(D)

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10 like an olive tree laden with fruit,
    and like a cypress towering in the clouds.(A)

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'Sirach 50:10' not found for the version: New International Version.

12 When he received the portions from the hands of the priests,
    as he stood by the hearth of the altar
with a garland of brothers around him,
    he was like a young cedar on Lebanon
    surrounded by the trunks of palm trees.(A)

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'Sirach 50:12' not found for the version: New International Version.