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Job 36:14

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

They die in youth; literally, their sold dieth in youth. The result is that, while they are still young, the vital strength of their soul is sapped; they "come to a premature end, like youths who have destroyed the spring of life by licentiousness" (Cook).

And their life is among the unclean. (On the particular "uncleanness" intended, see Deuteronomy 23:17.

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