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Job 14:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

his days: Job 14:14, Job 7:1, Job 12:10; Psalms 39:4; Daniel 5:26, Daniel 5:30, Daniel 9:24, Daniel 11:36; Luke 12:20; Acts 17:26; Hebrews 9:27

the number: Job 21:21

thou hast: Job 23:13-14; Psalms 104:9, Psalms 104:29; Daniel 4:35; Revelation 1:18, Revelation 3:7

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