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Ecclesiasticus 50:20

And the singers lifted up their voices. and in the great house the sound of sweet melody was increased.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Et amplificaverunt psallentes in vocibus suis, et in magna domo auctus est sonus suavitatis plenus.
Septuagint (Swete)
Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.

Haydock's commentary

House. Greek (Complutensian) and Grabe, "sound, sweet melody was made."

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.

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