A person’s days are determined;(A)
    you have decreed the number of his months(B)
    and have set limits he cannot exceed.(C)

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“Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;(A)
    let me know how fleeting(B) my life is.(C)

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26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(A)

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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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10 In his hand is the life(A) of every creature
    and the breath of all mankind.(B)

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

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21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind(A)
    when their allotted months(B) come to an end?(C)

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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)

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26 “Here is what these words mean:

Mene[a]: God has numbered the days(A) of your reign and brought it to an end.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).

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