Ecclesiasticus 38:33
“They shall not be sought for in publike counsaile; nor sit high in the congregation: they shal not sit on the Iudges seate, nor vnderstand the sentence of iudgement: they cannot declare iustice, and iudgement, and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.”
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Ecclesiasticus 38:33 Context
31All these trust to their hands: and euery one is wise in his worke. 32Without these cannot a citie be inhabited: and they shall not dwell where they will, nor goe vp and downe. 33They shall not be sought for in publike counsaile; nor sit high in the congregation: they shal not sit on the Iudges seate, nor vnderstand the sentence of iudgement: they cannot declare iustice, and iudgement, and they shall not be found where parables are spoken. 34But they will maintaine the state of the world, and [all] their desire is in the worke of their craft.
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They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
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