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but humans are born to trouble
    just as sparks[a] fly upward.(A)

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  1. 5.7 Or birds; Heb sons of Resheph

14 “A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble,(A)

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17 And to the man[a] he said,

“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
    and have eaten of the tree
about which I commanded you,
    ‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
    in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;(A)
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
    and you shall eat the plants of the field.(B)
19 By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
    and to dust you shall return.”(C)

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  1. 3.17 Or to Adam

13 No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.(A)

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15 As they came from their mother’s womb, so they shall go again, naked as they came; they shall take nothing for their toil that they may carry away with their hands.(A) 16 This also is a grievous ill: just as they came, so shall they go, and what gain do they have from toiling for the wind?(B) 17 Besides, all their days they eat in darkness, in much anger and sickness and resentment.(C)

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22 What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun?(A)

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All things[a] are wearisome,
    more than one can express;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing
    or the ear filled with hearing.(A)

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  1. 1.8 Or words

You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins in the light of your countenance.(A)

For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    our years come to an end[a] like a sigh.(B)

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  1. 90.9 Syr: Heb we bring our years to an end