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LXX

Epistle of Jeremiah 1:68

The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a covert, and help themselves.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a cover and help themselves.
Septuagint in American English (2012)