29 If only they were wise and would understand this(A)
    and discern what their end will be!(B)

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29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

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Hezekiah’s Illness(A)

20 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”

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20 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

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“Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;(A)
    let me know how fleeting(B) my life is.(C)

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Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

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13 Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
    before I depart and am no more.”(A)

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13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

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12 Teach us to number our days,(A)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(B)

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12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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Anyone who is among the living has hope[a]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:4 Or What then is to be chosen? With all who live, there is hope

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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10 Whatever(A) your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,(B) for in the realm of the dead,(C) where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.(D)

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10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

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