OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 40:1

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Great travail is created for every man. A heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, until the day for their burial in the mother of all things.

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Verse 1. Labour, “anxiety,” ασχολια. Menochius.—All misery ( Calmet.) is in consequence of original sin. Worthington.—The life of man is a trial. Job 7:1 and 14:1.—Of all. The earth, ( Calmet.)

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