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Wisdom 9:5
I’m your servant and the son of one of your servants. I’m just a weak human who will live a short life as other humans do. And I’m the least of all humans when it comes to understanding judgment and laws properly.
For I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid, a weak man, and of short time, and falling short of the understanding of judgment and laws.
I am your slave, as was my mother before me. I am only human. I am not strong, and my life will be short. I have little understanding of the Law or of how to apply it.
For I am your servant, the child of your maidservant, a man weak and short-lived and lacking in comprehension of judgment and of laws.
“For I am your servant and the son of your handmaid, a weak man with but a short time to live and with meager comprehension of justice and law.
For I am your servant, the son of your servant-girl, a man who is weak and short-lived, with little understanding of judgement and laws;
For I am your servant, the son of your servant-girl, a man who is weak and short-lived, with little understanding of judgement and laws;
For I am your servant the son of your serving girl, a man who is weak and short-lived, with little understanding of judgment and laws;
For I am your servant, the son of your female servant, a man who is weak and short-lived, with little understanding of judgment and laws,
For I am thy slave and the son of thy maidservant, a man who is weak and short-lived, with little understanding of judgment and laws;
For I am thy slave and the son of thy maidservant, a man who is weak and short-lived, with little understanding of judgment and laws;
For I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; I am a sick [or a feeble] man, and of little time, and less to the understanding of doom and of laws.
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