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He blossoms like a flower and soon begins to wither;
    as fleeting as a shadow, he does not endure.
Is it upon a creature like this that you fix your gaze
    and bring him before you to be judged?
“Can a man be found who has avoided defilement?
    There is no such person.

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They spring up like flowers(A) and wither away;(B)
    like fleeting shadows,(C) they do not endure.(D)
Do you fix your eye on them?(E)
    Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(F)
Who can bring what is pure(G) from the impure?(H)
    No one!(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:3 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me