OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 12:18

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18

He will shake his head, clap his hands, whisper much, and change his countenance.

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Verse 18. Eyes. Is taken from verse 16. It is not in Greek Bible.—His tears are like those of crocodiles, which cry when they are going to kill a man. Calmet.

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