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to stay alive forever
    and safe from death.

10 (A) We see that wise people die,
    and so do stupid fools.
Then their money is left
    for someone else.
11 The grave[a] will be their home
    forever and ever,
although they once had land
    of their own.

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Footnotes

  1. 49.11 The grave: Some ancient translations; Hebrew “Their inward thoughts.”

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