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19 how much less confidence[a] does he have
    in those who dwell in houses of clay;
who were formed from a foundation in dust
    and can perish[b] like a moth?
20 They are defeated between morning and evening;
    they perish forever—and no one notices!
21 Their wealth[c] perishes with them, doesn’t it?
    They die, and do so without having wisdom, don’t they?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:19 The Heb. lacks confidence
  2. Job 4:19 Lit. can crush them
  3. Job 4:21 Or remnants, left over

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)
20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
    unnoticed, they perish forever.(F)
21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,(G)
    so that they die(H) without wisdom?’(I)

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