11 All things that are of the earth turn to the earth again. All things that are of the waters return into the sea. (WEB)
Sirach 40:11
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Sirach 41:9–11
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Ecclesiastes 3:19–21
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Ecclesiastes 1:6–8
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Job 34:14–16
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2 Baruch 42:6–7
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2 Esdras 10:12–14
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