OLD TESTAMENT

Job 28:22

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Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’

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Verse 22. Destruction. Hebrew abaddon, which is before (Calmet. 26:6) used to signify the bottomless abyss. There, too late! the dead become acquainted with the value and nature of wisdom. Bible.—But their knowledge is imperfect, and of no use to us. Calmet.

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