19 By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
(A)for you are dust,
    and (B)to dust you shall return.”

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19 By the sweat of your brow(A)
    you will eat your food(B)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(C)

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You return man to dust
    and say, (A)“Return, (B)O children of man!”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:3 Or of Adam

You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(A)

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and (A)the dust returns to the earth as it was, and (B)the spirit returns to God (C)who gave it.

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and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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