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20 Therefore the covetousness of wisdom shall bring (one) to (an) everlasting realm. [And so coveting of wisdom shall lead forth to the everlasting kingdom.]

21 Therefore if ye, kings of the people, delight in seats (or thrones), and in kings’ rods, or regalties, (or sceptres), love ye wisdom, (so) that ye reign without end. All ye, that be sovereigns to peoples, love the light of wisdom. [If then ye delight in seats, and in kings’ dignities, O! ye kings of the people, loveth wisdom, that into without end ye reign.]

22 Soothly what is wisdom, and how it is made, I shall tell (you); and I shall not hide from you the sacraments (or the secrets) of God; but from the beginning of birth I shall seek (for), and I shall set into the light the cunning thereof (or the knowing of it), and I shall not pass (by) (the) truth. [What is forsooth wisdom, and how it be made, I shall tell; and I shall not hide from you the sacraments of God; but from the beginning of birth I shall ensearch, and put into light the cunning of it, and I shall not pass beside the truth.]

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