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19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,
    whose foundation is in the dust,
    who are crushed like a moth.
20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed;
    they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Their tent-cord is plucked up within them,
    and they die devoid of wisdom.”

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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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