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Job 14:1
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Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All

14 “Man who is (A)born of a woman
    is (B)few of days and (C)full of trouble.

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Job 14:1
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14 “Mortals, born of woman,(A)
    are of few days(B) and full of trouble.(C)

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Job 14:1
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14 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

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Psalm 39:4-5
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4 “O Lord, (A)make me know my end
    and what is the measure of my days;
    let me know how fleeting I am!
5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
    and (B)my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely (C)all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

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Psalm 39:4-5
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4 “Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;(A)
    let me know how fleeting(B) my life is.(C)
5 You have made my days(D) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,(E)
    even those who seem secure.[a]

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  1. Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
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Psalm 39:4-5
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4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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James 4:14
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14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For (A)you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

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James 4:14
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14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(A)

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James 4:14
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14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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