But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
ειπεν δε αυτω ο θεος αφρων αφρον ταυτη τη νυκτι την ψυχην σου απαιτουσιν απο σου α δε ητοιμασας τινι εσται ουτως ο θησαυριζων εαυτω και μη εις θεον πλουτων
So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Before long, alas! this body will lie on the earth, despised, without understanding, like a useless log.
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Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of Life): For the life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception.
Acquire perfect knowledge of the Law! why do you not study it? It is difficult to obtain instruction in it after this life. The days (that are gone by) will never return, nor is it easy a second time to obtain human birth. See, young and old men, even children in the mother's womb die. As a hawk catches a quail, so (life) will end when its time is spent.