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Either you will surrender your reputation to others
    and the rest of your years to some cruel person,
10 or strangers will benefit from your strength
    and you will have to work hard in a pagan’s house.
11 Then you will groan when your end comes,
    when your body and flesh are consumed.
        You will say,

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lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity[a] to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.(A)
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.

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  1. Proverbs 5:9 Or years