27 And just as (A)it is appointed for man to die once, and (B)after that comes judgment,

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27 Just as people are destined to die once,(A) and after that to face judgment,(B)

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No man has power to (A)retain the spirit, (B)or power over the day of death. There is no (C)discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.

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As no one has power over the wind to contain it,
    so[a] no one has power over the time of their death.
As no one is discharged in time of war,
    so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so