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        no one can live forever
        without experiencing the pit.

10 Everyone knows that the wise die too,
    just like foolish and stupid people do,
        all of them leaving their fortunes to others.
11 Their graves[a] are their eternal homes,
    the place they live for all generations,
        even if they had counties named after them!

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  1. Psalm 49:11 Correction with LXX

so that they should live on(A) forever
    and not see decay.(B)
10 For all can see that the wise die,(C)
    that the foolish and the senseless(D) also perish,
    leaving their wealth(E) to others.(F)
11 Their tombs(G) will remain their houses[a] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,(H)
    though they had[b] named(I) lands after themselves.

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  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain
  2. Psalm 49:11 Or generations, / for they have