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33     Laid to rest beside the stream, clods of earth cover them kindly;
        while countless souls have gone before, all of humanity follows after.
34     So, my friends, how can you continue trying to comfort me with these empty consolations?
        So far, your answers have been only thinly veiled lies!

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33 The soil in the valley is sweet to them;(A)
    everyone follows after them,
    and a countless throng goes[a] before them.(B)

34 “So how can you console me(C) with your nonsense?
    Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:33 Or them, / as a countless throng went