19 how much more those who dwell in houses of (A)clay,
    whose foundation is in (B)the dust,
    who are crushed like[a] (C)the moth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:19 Or before

19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(A)
    whose foundations(B) are in the dust,(C)
    who are crushed(D) more readily than a moth!(E)

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Remember that you have made me like (A)clay;
    and will you return me to the (B)dust?

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Remember that you molded me like clay.(A)
    Will you now turn me to dust again?(B)

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then the Lord God formed the man of (A)dust from the ground and (B)breathed into his (C)nostrils the breath of life, and (D)the man became a living creature.

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Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[a](B) from the dust(C) of the ground(D) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(E) of life,(F) and the man became a living being.(G)

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  1. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

Behold, I am toward God as you are;
    I too was pinched off from a piece of (A)clay.

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I am the same as you in God’s sight;(A)
    I too am a piece of clay.(B)

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19 By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
(A)for you are dust,
    and (B)to dust you shall 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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Treasure in Jars of Clay

But we have this treasure in (A)jars of clay, (B)to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

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But we have this treasure in jars of clay(A) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(B) and not from us.

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11 When you discipline a man
    with (A)rebukes for sin,
you (B)consume like a (C)moth what is dear to him;
    (D)surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

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11 When you rebuke(A) and discipline(B) anyone for their sin,
    you consume(C) their wealth like a moth(D)
    surely everyone is but a breath.(E)

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28 Man[a] wastes away like (A)a rotten thing,
    like a garment that is (B)moth-eaten.

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  1. Job 13:28 Hebrew He

28 “So man wastes away like something rotten,
    like a garment(A) eaten by moths.(B)

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12 Your maxims are proverbs of (A)ashes;
    your defenses are defenses of clay.

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12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
    your defenses are defenses of clay.(A)

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27 Abraham answered and said, (A)“Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

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27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,(A)

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24 for

(A)“All flesh is like grass
    and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
    and the flower falls,

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24 For,

“All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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Our Heavenly Dwelling

For we know that if (A)the tent that is (B)our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, (C)a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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Awaiting the New Body

For we know that if the earthly(A) tent(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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and (A)the dust returns to the earth as it was, and (B)the spirit returns to God (C)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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