Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 14:18

ὡς φύλλον θάλλον ἐπὶ δένδρου δασέος, τὰ μὲν καταβάλλει, ἄλλα δὲ φύει, οὕτως γενεὰ σαρκὸς καὶ αἵματος, ἡ μὲν τελευτᾷ, ἑτέρα δὲ γεννᾶται.
King James Version (KJV)

As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.

Modern English

Like leaves flourishing on a thick tree — some fall, and some grow — so it is with flesh and blood: one generation ends, another is born.

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