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to live forever
    and never see the grave.

10 Those who are wise must finally die,
    just like the foolish and senseless,
    leaving all their wealth behind.
11 The grave[a] is their eternal home,
    where they will stay forever.
They may name their estates after themselves,

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Footnotes

  1. 49:11 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads Their inward [thought].

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