Job 16:22
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For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
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But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.