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26 In it were born the giants,[a]
    renowned at the first,
    huge in stature, skilled in war.(A)
27 These God did not choose,
    nor did he give them the way of understanding;(B)
28 They perished for lack of prudence,
    perished through their own folly.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:26 The giants: Gn 6:1–4 reflects a tradition about giants who existed before the flood; this was developed in the non-canonical Book of Enoch.