(A)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day (B)his plans perish.

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29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;
(A)You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

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

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19 (A)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(B)For dust you are,
And (C)to dust you shall return.”

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Spiritual Wisdom

However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

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10 (A)The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.

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As long as my breath is in me,
And the breath of God in my nostrils,

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11 (A)My days are past,
My purposes are broken off,
Even the [a]thoughts of my heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:11 desires

21 His sons come to honor, and (A)he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.

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23 (A)And you have [a]lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the (B)vessels of [b]His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, (C)which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand (D)and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:23 Exalted
  2. Daniel 5:23 The temple

20 The (A)breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord,
(B)Was caught in their pits,
Of whom we said, “Under his shadow
We shall live among the nations.”

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22 (A)Sever[a] yourselves from such a man,
Whose (B)breath is in his nostrils;
For [b]of what account is he?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. Cease yourselves from the man
  2. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. in what is he to be esteemed

You turn man to destruction,
And say, (A)“Return, O children of men.”

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Job Prays for Relief

17 “My spirit is broken,
My days are extinguished,
(A)The grave is ready for me.

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10 But man dies and [a]is laid away;
Indeed he [b]breathes his last
And where is (A)he?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:10 lies prostrate
  2. Job 14:10 expires

17 (A)And behold, I Myself am bringing (B)floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall (C)die.

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