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Job 14:10-16 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

10. No man is like that. When he dies, he is buried in a grave. He takes his last breath. Then he is gone.

11. Water disappears from lakes. Riverbeds become empty and dry.

12. In the same way, a man lies down and never gets up. He won't wake up or rise from his sleep until the heavens are gone.

13. "I wish you would hide me in a grave! I wish you would cover me up until your anger passes by! I wish you would set the time for me to spend in the grave and then bring me back up!

14. If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard work I will wait for the time when you give me new life.

15. You will call out to me, and I will answer you. Your hands created me. So you will long for me.

16. Then you will count every step I take. But you won't keep track of my sin.

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