Ben Sira 10:10

10 A long illness baffles the physician; the king of today will die tomorrow.

Ben Sira 10:10 In-Context

8 Sovereignty passes from nation to nation on account of injustice and insolence and wealth.

9 How can he who is dust and ashes be proud? for even in life his bowels decay.

10 A long illness baffles the physician; the king of today will die tomorrow.

11 For when a man is dead, he will inherit creeping things, and wild beasts, and worms.

12 The beginning of man's pride is to depart from the Lord; his heart has forsaken his Maker.