33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

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33 The soil in the valley is sweet to them;(A)
    everyone follows after them,
    and a countless throng goes[a] before them.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:33 Or them, / as a countless throng went

27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

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27 Just as people are destined to die once,(A) and after that to face judgment,(B)

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23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

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23 I know you will bring me down to death,(A)
    to the place appointed for all the living.(B)

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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

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As no one has power over the wind to contain it,
    so[a] no one has power over the time of their death.
As no one is discharged in time of war,
    so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

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Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.(A)

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24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

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24 For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;(A)
    they are brought low and gathered up like all others;(B)
    they are cut off like heads of grain.(C)

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16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

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16 Will it go down to the gates of death?(A)
    Will we descend together into the dust?”(B)

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22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

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22 who are filled with gladness
    and rejoice when they reach the grave?(A)

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17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

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17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(A)
    and there the weary are at rest.(B)
18 Captives(C) also enjoy their ease;
    they no longer hear the slave driver’s(D) shout.(E)
19 The small and the great are there,(F)
    and the slaves are freed from their owners.

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19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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19 By the sweat of your brow(A)
    you will eat your food(B)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(C)

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