and men sometimes are brought so low by affliction as that they seem to be near to death, just upon the brink of eternity, ready to enter into the grave, and lie down among the dead
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Job 33:22
Job 33:22
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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