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13 “This is what a wicked person[a] inherits from God,
    and what the ruthless will receive from the Almighty:
14 If he has many children,
    their destiny is to die by the sword,
    and his descendants won’t have enough food.
15 Those who do survive him disease will bury,
    and his widow won’t even weep.

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  1. Job 27:13 Lit. man

13 “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
    the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:(A)
14 However many his children,(B) their fate is the sword;(C)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.(D)
15 The plague will bury those who survive him,
    and their widows will not weep for them.(E)

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