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In 2 translations
- WEB
- O seven useless childbirths, and seven profitless periods of labor, and fruitless givings of suck, and miserable nursings at the breast.
- LXXE
- O seven useless childbirths, and seven profitless periods of labour, and fruitless givings of suck, and miserable nursings at the breast.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὦ μάταιοι ἐπτὰ κυοφορίαι, καὶ ἀνόνητοι ἐπτὰ δεκάηνοι, καὶ ἄκαρποι τιθηνίαι, καὶ ταλαίπωροι γαλακτοτροφίοι.