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19 So he puts even more blame on people who live in clay houses,[a]
    whose foundations are made of dust,
    who can be crushed like a moth.
20 Between dawn and sunset many people are broken to pieces;
    without being noticed, they die and are gone forever.
21 The ropes of their tents are pulled up,
    and they die without wisdom.’

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Footnotes

  1. 4:19 clay houses This is probably talking about people’s bodies.

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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