(A)how much less man, who is (B)a maggot,
    and (C)the son of man, who is a worm!”

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14 Fear not, you (A)worm Jacob,
    you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
    your (B)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

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But I am (A)a worm and not a man,
    (B)scorned by mankind and (C)despised by the people.

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17 (A)What is man, that you make so much of him,
    and that you set your heart on him,

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19 how much more those who dwell in houses of (A)clay,
    whose foundation is in (B)the dust,
    who are crushed like[a] (C)the moth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:19 Or before

27 Abraham answered and said, (A)“Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

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