Job 3:19
The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Parvus et magnus ibi sunt, et servus liber a domino suo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μικρὸς καὶ μέγας ἐκεῖ ἐστιν, καὶ θεράπων δεδοικὼς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- קָטֹ֣ן וְ֭גָדוֹל שָׁ֣ם ה֑וּא וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד חָפְשִׁ֥י מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו
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Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Death and the Latter Times
7. O ye that trust in this world, let this world be despised in your eyes; for ye are sojourners and aliens in the midst of it, and ye know not the day that ye shall be taken out of it. For suddenly shall Death come, and separate and lead away the loved children from their parents, and the parents from their darling children. He leads away for himself the precious only-begotten children, and their parents shall be deprived of them and shall come into contempt. He separates precious friends unto himself, and their beloved weep for them lamentably. He leads away and takes prisoners unto himself them that are desired for their beauty, that he may put to shame their forms and corrupt them. And those that are glorious in aspect he leads away to himself, and they become dust until the judgment. …