11 On the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,
And in the (A)morning you bring your seed to blossom;
But the harvest will (B)flee
On a day of illness and incurable pain.

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11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning(A) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest(B) will be as nothing(C)
    in the day of disease and incurable(D) pain.(E)

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12 Who is the (A)wise person who may understand this? And who is he to whom (B)the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? (C)Why is the land destroyed, laid waste like the desert, so that no one passes through?

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12 Who is wise(A) enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the Lord and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross?

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