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14 “All of us born to women
    live only a few days and have a lot of trouble.
We grow up like flowers and then dry up and go away.
    We are like a passing shadow that does not last.
Lord, do you need to watch someone like this?
    Do you need to bring him 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