Sirach 51:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Out of the depth of the belly of the grave, And from an unclean tongue, And from lying words,

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from the depths of the belly of the grave, and from a polluted tongue and lying words,

from the hands of those who sought my life, and from the gates of tribulation that surrounded me,

Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about:

from death itself; from vicious slander reported to the king.

out of the depth of the belly of Hades, from an unclean tongue, and from lying words—

Death was ready to swallow me, because their filthy lies