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For to him - Rather: “Yet to him.” Notwithstanding evils, life has its advantage, and especially when compared with death.
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There is a variant reading here in the Hebrew. Our translators, following the older translators, adopt the reading of the margin. The textual readi…

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope
That is, who is among the living, is one of them, and, as long as …

The state of the most despicable living man is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes