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17 hvis rødder borer sig ned mellem stenene
    og fæstner sig dybt nede i jorden.
18 Men når de rykkes op og kastes bort,
    er der intet tilbage, ingen husker dem mere.
19 Det var alt, hvad de fik ud af livet.
    Snart skyder andre op, hvor de stod.

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17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
    and looks for a place among the stones.
18 But when it is torn from its spot,
    that place disowns(A) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(B)
19 Surely its life withers(C) away,
    and[a] from the soil other plants grow.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that