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given by the land

French translation: Ce qui vient de la terre doit retourner a la terre


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English term or phrase:given by the land
French translation:Ce qui vient de la terre doit retourner a la terre
Entered by: Estelle Demontrond-Box
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13:14 May 13, 2011
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Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Maori culture
English term or phrase: given by the land
This is a proverb but I am not aware of a known translation for it in French.
"What is given by the land, should return to the land"

Thank you
Estelle Demontrond-Box
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:37
Ce qui vient de la terre doit retourner a la terre
Explanation:
Anaximandre
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Elena Radkova
Local time: 14:37
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4 +6Ce qui vient de la terre doit retourner a la terreElena Radkova
3 +1Tout ce qui vient de la terre retourne à la terre
Alrx
3Ce que donne la terre, retourne à la terre
Eleonore Wapler


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Ce qui vient de la terre doit retourner a la terre


Explanation:
Anaximandre


    Wikipedia
Elena Radkova
Local time: 14:37
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 6
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Thank you to all for your contributions!
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Asker: Oui effectivement, cela semble juste! Merci!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alrx: Même chose... Je ne sais pas s'il y a une traduction spécifique pour les maoris...
4 mins
  -> Merci Alrx!

agree  MehdiCaps: Euripide (Les Suppliantes) d'après Anaximandre, en fait.
14 mins
  -> Merci MehdiCaps!

agree  silvester55
1 hr
  -> Merci!

agree  gallagy2
3 hrs
  -> merci!

agree  Ségolène Neilson: à la terre!!
6 hrs
  -> Merci!

agree  Irène Guinez
18 hrs
  -> Merci
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Tout ce qui vient de la terre retourne à la terre


Explanation:
Je crois bien...

La Bible de Jérusalem: Ecclésiastique (or Siracide), chapitre 40Si 40:10-, Tout cela a été créé pour les pécheurs, et c'est à cause d'eux que vint le déluge. Si 40:11-, Tout ce qui vient de la terre retourne à la terre, ...
www.biblia-cerf.com/BJ/si40.html - En cache

Siracide 40 - Siracide 40:1 - Siracide 40:2 - Siracide 40:3 ...40:11 Tout ce qui vient de la terre retourne à la terre, et ce qui vient de l' eau fait retour à la mer. 40:12 Les pots-de-vin et les injustices ...
www.bibleforyou.net/Wisdom_of.../Chapter_40_fr.html - En cache

Alrx
Local time: 13:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  MehdiCaps: 3 siècles après Euripide. Pour rester dans la Bible : "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return." (Gen 3:19)
17 mins
  -> J'en déduis que vous avez goûté au fruit de l'arbre de la connaissance... ;)

agree  gallagy2
3 hrs
  -> Merci Gallagy.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Ce que donne la terre, retourne à la terre


Explanation:
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Eleonore Wapler
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:37
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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