16 I [a](A)waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, (B)for my days are only a breath.

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  1. Job 7:16 Or loathe

16 I despise my life;(A) I would not live forever.(B)
    Let me alone;(C) my days have no meaning.(D)

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16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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Behold, You have made (A)my days like [a]hand widths,
And my (B)lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Certainly all mankind standing is [b]a mere (C)breath. Selah

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  1. Psalm 39:5 I.e., short
  2. Psalm 39:5 Or altogether breath

You have made my days(A) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,(B)
    even those who seem secure.[a]

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  1. Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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17 (A)All the nations are as nothing before Him,
They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and [a]meaningless.

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  1. Isaiah 40:17 Or void

17 Before him all the nations(A) are as nothing;(B)
    they are regarded by him as worthless
    and less than nothing.(C)

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17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

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