27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his (A)span of life?[a]

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  1. Matthew 6:27 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?(A)

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  1. Matthew 6:27 Or single cubit to your height

25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his (A)span of life?[a] 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?

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  1. Luke 12:25 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life[a]? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

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  1. Luke 12:25 Or single cubit to your height

14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; (A)nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.

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14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.(A)

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36 And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

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36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.

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Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
    and (A)my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely (B)all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
    Surely a man (C)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
    man (D)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

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  1. Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath

You have made my days(A) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,(B)
    even those who seem secure.[a]

“Surely everyone goes around(C) like a mere phantom;(D)
    in vain they rush about,(E) heaping up wealth(F)
    without knowing whose it will finally be.(G)

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  1. Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.

18 But as it is, (A)God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, (B)as he chose.

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18 But in fact God has placed(A) the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.(B)

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