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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
    There is not one.
Since his days are determined,
    and the number of his months is with thee,
    and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,
look away from him, and desist,[a]
    that he may enjoy, like a hireling, his day.

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  1. Job 14:6 Cn: Heb that he may desist

Who can bring what is pure(A) from the impure?(B)
    No one!(C)
A person’s days are determined;(D)
    you have decreed the number of his months(E)
    and have set limits he cannot exceed.(F)
So look away from him and let him alone,(G)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(H)

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