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20 All go to one place, all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.(A)

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19 By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
    and to dust you shall return.”(A)

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15 all flesh would perish together,
    and all mortals return to dust.(A)

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and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath[a] returns to God who gave it.(A)

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  1. 12.7 Or the spirit

10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.(A)

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Even though he should live a thousand years twice over yet enjoy no good—do not all go to one place?

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29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
    when you take away their breath, they die
    and return to their dust.(A)

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Remember that you fashioned me like clay,
    and will you turn me to dust again?(A)
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
    and curdle me like cheese?(B)

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As the cloud fades and vanishes,
    so those who go down to Sheol do not come up;(A)

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Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth[a] shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.(A)

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  1. 12.2 Or the land of dust

21 Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?(A)

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14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
    Death shall be their shepherd;
straight to the grave they descend,[a]
    and their form shall waste away;
    Sheol shall be their home.[b](A)

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  1. 49.14 Cn: Heb the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning
  2. 49.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain

13 If I look for Sheol as my house,
    if I spread my couch in darkness,(A)

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13 When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was,(A)

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17 (This is the length of the life of Ishmael, one hundred thirty-seven years; he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people.)

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Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, old and full of years, and was gathered to his people.(A)

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24 “Surely one does not turn against the needy,[a]
    when in disaster they cry for help.[b](A)

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  1. 30.24 Heb ruin
  2. 30.24 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain