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10 The days of our life are seventy years
    or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;
even then their span[a] is only toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.(A)

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  1. 90.10 Cn Compare Gk Syr Jerome Tg: Heb pride

10 Our days may come to seventy years,(A)
    or eighty,(B) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(C)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(D)

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14 Woe to you who have lost patience!
    What will you do when the Lord’s reckoning comes?(A)

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'Sirach 2:14' not found for the version: New International Version.

17 Death is better than a life of misery
    and eternal sleep[a] than chronic sickness.(A)

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  1. 30.17 Other ancient authorities lack eternal sleep
'Sirach 30:17' not found for the version: New International Version.