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39 See now that I, I alone, am he,
    and there is no god besides me.
It is I who bring both death and life,
    I who inflict wounds and heal them,
    and from my hand no one can deliver.(A)

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“The Lord puts to death and gives life,
    casts down to Sheol and brings up again.(A)

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“The Lord brings death and makes alive;(A)
    he brings down to the grave and raises up.(B)

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For he afflicts and shows mercy,
    casts down to the depths of Hades,
    brings up from the great abyss.
What is there that can snatch from his hand?(A)

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'Tobit 13:2' not found for the version: New International Version.

26 Even if, for the time being, I avoid human punishment, I shall never, whether alive or dead, escape the hand of the Almighty.

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'2 Maccabees 6:26' not found for the version: New International Version.

23 Therefore, since it is the Creator of the universe who shaped the beginning of humankind and brought about the origin of everything, he, in his mercy, will give you back both breath and life, because you now disregard yourselves for the sake of his law.”

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'2 Maccabees 7:23' not found for the version: New International Version.

34 When he slew them, they began to seek him;
    they again looked for God.(A)

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34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(A) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.

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39 He remembered that they were flesh,
    a breath that passes on and does not return.

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39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(A)
    a passing breeze(B) that does not return.

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No one is master of the breath of life so as to retain it, and none has mastery of the day of death. There is no exemption in wartime, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.

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As no one has power over the wind to contain it,
    so[a] no one has power over the time of their death.
As no one is discharged in time of war,
    so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so

19 Because he made him so great, the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Whomever he willed, he would kill or let live; whomever he willed, he would exalt or humble.

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19 Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death;(A) those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled.(B)

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