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- Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world,
- both low and high, rich and poor alike:
- My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the utterance from my heart will give understanding.
- I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:
- Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me-
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- Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
- Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
- My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
- I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
- Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
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- those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?
- No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him-
- the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough-
- that he should live on forever and not see decay.
- For all can see that wise men die; the foolish and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others.
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- They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
- None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
- (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
- That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
- For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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- Their tombs will remain their houses forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had named lands after themselves.
- But man, despite his riches, does not endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
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- Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
- Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
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