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Job 14:2
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2 (A)Like a flower he comes out and withers.
He also flees like (B)a shadow and does not remain.

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Job 14:2
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2 They spring up like flowers(A) and wither away;(B)
    like fleeting shadows,(C) they do not endure.(D)

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Job 14:2
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2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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Psalm 62:9
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9 People of (A)low standing are only (B)breath, and people of rank are a (C)lie;
In the (D)balances they go up.
Together they are lighter than breath.

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Psalm 62:9
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9 Surely the lowborn(A) are but a breath,(B)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,(C) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.

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Psalm 62:9
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9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for a person during his lifetime, during the few [a]years of his futile life? He will [b]spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a person (A)what will happen after him under the sun?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit days
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit do
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days(A) they pass through like a shadow?(B) Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

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