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14 “·All of us [L Human beings; T Man] born ·to women [T of woman]
    ·live only a few [L are short of] days and ·have lots [full] of trouble.
·We [L They] grow up like flowers and then ·dry up and die [L wither].
    ·We are like a passing [L …and flee like a] shadow that does not last.
Lord, do you need to watch me like this?
    Must you bring me before you to be judged?

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14 “Mortals, born of woman,(A)
    are of few days(B) and full of trouble.(C)
They spring up like flowers(D) and wither away;(E)
    like fleeting shadows,(F) they do not endure.(G)
Do you fix your eye on them?(H)
    Will you bring them[a] before you for judgment?(I)

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Footnotes

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