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The Book of Job, Chapter 4, Verse 19

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Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
King James Version
How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?
American Standard Version
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
New English Translation
how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
World English Bible
How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
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They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding [it].
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Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
1
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
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I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].
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Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
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I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: