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As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.
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Verse 11. Partridge. Hebrew kore, ( Bible.) may mean the “coucou.” The kra lays many eggs, all of which she does not hatch. Calmet.—Prot. “As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not,” and so forth Bible.—It is rare that all produce birds; so the unjust do not succeed ( Calmet.) in the end. Bible.
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