13 If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,

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13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

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23 Yes, I know that you will lead me to death—
the place(A) appointed for all who live.

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23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

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Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road;
the almond tree blossoms,
the grasshopper loses its spring,[a]
and the caper berry has no effect;
for the mere mortal is headed to his eternal home,(A)
and mourners will walk around in the street;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:5 Or grasshopper is weighed down, or grasshopper drags itself along

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

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