Ben Sira 18:8

8 What are human beings, and of what use are they? What is good in them, and what is evil?

Ben Sira 18:8 In-Context

6 It is not possible to diminish or increase them, nor is it possible to fathom the wonders of the Lord.
7 When human beings have finished, they are just beginning, and when they stop, they are still perplexed.
8 What are human beings, and of what use are they? What is good in them, and what is evil?
9 The number of days in their life is great if they reach one hundred years.
10 Like a drop of water from the sea and a grain of sand, so are a few years among the days of eternity.
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