19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(A)
    whose foundations(B) are in the dust,(C)
    who are crushed(D) more readily than a moth!(E)

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19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

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19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?

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But it is the spirit[a](A) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,(B) that gives them understanding.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:8 Or Spirit; also in verse 18

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

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But there is a spirit in man,
And (A)the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.

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Into your hands I commit my spirit;(A)
    deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.(B)

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Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

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(A)Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have redeemed me, O Lord God of (B)truth.

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27 The human spirit is[a] the lamp of the Lord(A)
    that sheds light on one’s inmost being.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Or A person’s words are

27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

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27 (A)The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord,
Searching all the [a]inner depths of his heart.

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Lit. rooms of the belly

All things are wearisome,
    more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(A)
    nor the ear its fill of hearing.

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All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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All things are [a]full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
(A)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:8 wearisome

21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward(A) and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”

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21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

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21 (A)Who[a] knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:21 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Who knows whether the spirit . . . goes upward, and whether . . . goes downward to the earth?