OLD TESTAMENT

Job 17:1

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“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.

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Verse 1. Spirit. Hebrew “breath is corrupt,” ( Bible.) or spent. I cannot breathe without the greatest difficulty. Calmet.—Only. Septuagint “But I want the grave, and do not obtain it.” Bible.

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