OLD TESTAMENT

Job 21:23

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23

One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

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Verse 23. Hale, or healthy. Hebrew “in perfect strength.” Bible.—Septuagint “simplicity, or folly.” Saint Augustine reads with the old Vulg. “in the strength of his simplicity, ( Calmet.) or innocence. Bible.—These outward appearances prove nothing for interior piety or wickedness. Calmet.

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