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Ben Sira 38:5
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Ben Sira 38:5
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Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that its power might be known?
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The skill of physicians makes them distinguished, and in the presence of the great they are admired.
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The Lord created medicines out of the earth, and the sensible will not despise them.
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Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that its power might be known?
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And he gave skill to human beings that he might be glorified in his marvelous works.
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By them the physician heals and takes away pain;
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Or [his]
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