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\li1 Pagiel son of Ocran, from the tribe of Asher;
\li1 Eliasaph son of Deuel, from the tribe of Gad;
\li1 Ahira son of Enan, from the tribe of Naphtali."
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\v 17 Aaron and Moses summoned all these leaders,
\v 18 and they gathered all of the people on that same day. They listed the names of all the men who were at least 20 years old, and with their names they wrote the names of their clans and their family groups
\v 19 just as Moses had commanded. They wrote the names while the Israelites were there in the wilderness of Sinai.
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\v 42-43 There were 53,400 men from the tribe of Naphtali who were at least twenty years old and were able to fight in battles. They were listed by their names, their clans, and their family groups.
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\v 1 Then Yahweh said this to Aaron and Moses,
\v 2 "When the Israelites set up their tents, they are to set them up in areas that surround the sacred tent, but not close to it. The people of each tribe must set up their tents in a different area. Each tribe must put up a flag in that area that identifies their tribe.
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\v 9 So there will be 186,400 troops on the east side of the sacred tent. Whenever the Israelites move to a new location, those three tribes must go in front of the others.
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\v 16 So there will be 151,450 troops on the south side of the sacred tent. Those three tribes will follow the first group when the Israelites travel.
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\v 17 Behind that group will walk the descendants of Levi, who will carry the sacred tent. The Israelites will march in the same order that they always set up their tents. Each tribe will carry its own flag.
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\v 24 So there will be 108,100 troops on the west side of the sacred tent. Those three tribes will follow the second group, behind the descendants of Levi.
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\v 31 So there will be 157,600 troops on the north side of the sacred tent. Those three tribes will be last. They must carry their own flags when the Israelites travel."
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\v 32 So there were 603,550 Israelite men who were able to fight who were listed according to their families' ancestors.
\v 33 But just as Yahweh had commanded, the names of the descendants of Levi were not included.
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\v 20 Merari had two sons, Mahli and Mushi. The clans who were descended from them had the same names as those two sons.
\li1 Those are the clans who were descended from Levi.
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\v 38 Aaron and Moses and Aaron's sons were told to set up their tents in the area in front of the sacred tent, on the east side. Their work was to supervise the work that would be done in and around the sacred tent, for the benefit of the Israelite people. Only the priests were permitted to do that. Yahweh declared that anyone else who went near the tent to do the work that the priests do must be executed.
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\v 39 When Aaron and Moses counted all the males who were at least one month old, who belonged to the clans descended from Levi, the total was twenty-two thousand.
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\q1
\v 20 He commanded me to request him to bless the Israelites,
\q2 So he has blessed them, and I cannot change that.
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\v 4 I hear this message from God.
\q2 I see a vision from the one who is all-powerful.
\q2 My eyes are open as I prostrate myself in front of him.
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\v 5 You descendants of Jacob, your tents are very beautiful!
\q2 The places where you live are lovely!
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\v 7 Your water buckets will always be full.
\q2 The seeds that you plant will always have plenty of water to make them grow.
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\q1 The Israelites' king will be greater than King Agag.
\q2 The kingdom that he rules will be honored.
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\q2 No one would dare to arouse them!
\p God will bless everyone who blesses you Israelites,
\q1 and he will curse everyone who curses you."
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\q2 I know things that God, who lives in heaven, has revealed to me.
\q1 I see a vision from the one who is all-powerful.
\q2 My eyes are open as I prostrate myself in front of him.
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\v 51 The total of the Israelite men whom the leaders counted was 601,730.
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\v 13 And the tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali must stand on Mount Ebal and listen to the things that Yahweh will do when he curses the people.
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\v 14 The descendants of Levi must shout these words loudly:
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\q everything that he does is perfect and completely just.
\q He always does what he says that he will do;
\q he never does anything that is wrong.
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\q is this the way that you should repay Yahweh for all that he has done for you?
\q He is your father; he created you;
\q he caused you to become a nation.
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\q
\v 9 But Yahweh decided that we would be his people;
\q he chose us, the descendants of Jacob, to belong to him.
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\v 10 He saw our ancestors when they were in a desert,
\q wandering in a land that was desolate.
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\q
\v 12 Yahweh was the only one who led them;
\q no other foreign god helped them.
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\q they had well fed sheep and cattle,
\q they had very good wheat,
\q and they made delicious wine from their grapes.
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\q
\v 18 They forgot the true God, the one who protects them,
\q the one who created them and caused them to live.
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\q that they were the ones who had gotten rid of my people;
\q they would say, "We are the ones who defeated them;
\q it was not Yahweh who has done all these things."'
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\v 33 The wine from those grapes is like the poison of snakes.
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\v 34 Yahweh says, 'I know what I have planned to do to the Israelite people and to their enemies,
\q and I have locked up those plans as someone would lock up his valuable possessions.
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\q at the right time for them to be punished;
\q they will soon experience disasters,
\q and I will punish them quickly.'
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\q and you poured out wine for them to drink.
\q So they should rise and help you;
\q they should be the ones who will protect you!
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\q it will be as though I had arrows that were covered with their blood.
\q I will kill all those whom I capture
\q and cut off their heads.'
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\q because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him,
\q and he cleanses his people's land
\q which has become defiled because of their sins."
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\p
\v 1 Before God's prophet Moses died, he asked God to bless the Israelite people.
\v 2 This is what he said:
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\q "Yahweh came and spoke to us at Mount Sinai;
\q he came like the sun rises in the region of Edom
\q and like his light shone on us when we were in the desert near Mount Paran after we left Mount Sinai.
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\q
\v 5 So Yahweh became the king of his Israelite people
\q when all the tribes and their leaders had gathered together.
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\v 6 I say this about the tribe of Reuben:
\q I desire that their tribe will never disappear,
\q but that they will never become numerous.
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\q and accept all that they do.
\q Crush all their enemies;
\q do not enable their enemies to be able to fight against them again.
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\q he keeps them safe.
\q He protects them continually,
\q and he lives among their hills.
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\q all of them, to the most distant places on the earth.
\q That is what the descendants of the two sons of Joseph will do,
\q the ten thousands of the tribe of Ephraim and the thousands of the tribe of Manasseh.
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\q and they will offer correct sacrifices to him.
\q They will become rich from the trade that they carry out on the seas
\q and from using the sand along the sea to make things.
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\q When the leaders of the tribes of Israel gathered together,
\q they decided that the tribe of Gad should have a large share of the land.
\q The tribe of Gad obeyed the commands of Yahweh and the things that he decided that they should do.
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\v 22 I say this about the tribe of Dan:
\q The people of the tribe of Dan are like a young lion;
\q they leap out from their caves in the region of Bashan to attack their enemies.
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\v 23 I say this about the tribe of Naphtali:
\q The people of the tribe of Naphtali have been blessed by Yahweh, who has been very kind to them;
\q their land extends far south from Lake Galilee.
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\v 25 Their towns will be protected by high walls with gates that have bronze and iron bars;
\q I desire all the time that they live and not be harmed by anyone.
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\q2 I will sing to Yahweh. With this song I will praise Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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\v 4 O Yahweh, when you came from Seir, when you marched from that land, also known as Edom,
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\q2 the earth shook,
\q2 and rain poured down from the skies.
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\v 9 I am thankful for the leaders and soldiers who volunteered to fight.
\q2 I praise you, Yahweh, for them!
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\v 10 You wealthy people who ride on donkeys,
\q2 sitting on nice padded saddles,
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\v 11 Listen to the voices of the singers who gather at the places where the animals drink water.
\q2 They tell about how Yahweh acted righteously
\q2 when he enabled the Israelite warriors to conquer their enemies.
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\q1 Yahweh's people marched down to the city gates.
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\q2 'Deborah, wake up! Wake up and start singing!'
\q1 They also shouted,
\q2 'Barak (son of Abinoam), get up, and capture our enemies!'
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\v 13 Later, some of the Israelite people who survived the battle
\q1 came down from the highlands to where their leaders were.
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\v 18 But men from the tribe descended from Zebulun risked their lives on the battlefield,
\q2 and men descended from Naphtali were ready to do that, also.
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\q2 'I curse the people of the town of Meroz
\q1 because they did not come to help Yahweh
\q2 to defeat the mighty warriors of Canaan.'
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\q2 and he fell and he layed there and did not move.
\q1 At her feet he sank down,
\q2 and there he fell limp. He was dead.
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\q2 Each soldier will get one or two women who will bear them children.
\q2 Sisera will get some beautiful robes,
\q2 and some beautiful embroidered robes for me.'
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\q2 I am strong because I belong to you.
\q1 I laugh at my enemies
\q2 because you, Yahweh has rescued me from being mocked by them.
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\v 2 There is no one who is holy like you, Yahweh.
\q2 There is no other god like you.
\q2 The is no one like you, our God, who can protect us as though you were putting us on top of a huge rock where we can be safe from danger.
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\q2 Yahweh is a God who knows everything,
\q1 and he will evaluate everyone's actions.
\q2 So do not speak so arrogantly!
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\v 4 Yahweh, you break the bows of mighty soldiers,
\q2 but you give strength to those who stumble because they are weak.

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\q1
\v 19 "You Israelite people, your glorious leaders have been killed on the mountains!
\q2 It is very sad that these mighty men have died!
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\v 20 Do not tell it to our enemies in the region of Philistia.
\q1 Do not tell the people who live in the city of Gath.
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\v 22 Jonathan's arrows were his servants who always pierced his enemies and drew their blood.
\q2 and Saul's sword was his servant who always struck his enemies.
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\v 23 Saul and Jonathan were loved; they pleased many people.
\q2 They were together while they lived and when they died.
\q1 In battle they were swifter than eagles and stronger than lions.
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\v 24 You women in Israel, weep about Saul.
\q1 He provided beautiful scarlet clothes for you
\q2 and gave you gold ornaments to put on.
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\q2 You were very dear to me.
\q1 You loved me in a wonderful manner.
\q2 It was even better than the way that a woman loves her husband and her children.
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\v 27 It is very sad that these mighty men have died,
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\v 9 After David and his soldiers captured the city with its strong walls around it, he lived there, and they named it the city of David. David and his soldiers built the city around the fortress, starting where the land was filled in on the east side of the hill.
\v 10 David continued to become more and more powerful because Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, was helping him.
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\v 4 I call out to you, Yahweh.
\q2 You deserve to be praised,
\q2 and you rescue me from my enemies.
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\q2 I cried out to you, my God.
\q1 You heard me from your temple.
\q2 You listened when I called to you to help me.
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\q2 The foundations of the world could be seen
\q1 when you shouted, going into battle against our enemies
\q2 and angry at them.
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\v 20 You brought me into a place where I was safe.
\q2 You rescued me because you were pleased with me.
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\v 21 Yahweh, you rewarded me because I do what is right.
\q2 You did good things for me because I was innocent.
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\v 25 So you have rewarded me in return for my doing what is right,
\q2 because you know that I am innocent of doing wrong things.
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\v 30 With your strength I can break through a line of soldiers blocking my way;
\q2 I can climb over the wall that surrounds their city.
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\v 31 My God whom I worship, everything that you do is perfect.
\q2 You always do what you promise that you will do.
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\v 37 You have not allowed my enemies to capture me,
\q2 and I have not fallen down during battle.
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\v 43 I crushed them, and they became like tiny particles of dust.
\q2 I trampled them, and they became like mud in the streets.
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\v 46 They became afraid,
\q2 and they came to me, trembling, from the places where they were hiding.
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\q1 The God whom Jacob worshiped made him king of Israel.
\q1 David wrote beautiful songs for the people of Israel.
\q1 This is the last song that he wrote:
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\v 2 "The Spirit of Yahweh tells me what to say.
\q1 The message that I speak comes from him.
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\v 4 They are like the sun that shines at dawn
\q2 and causes the grass to sprout after the rain ends.'
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\v 22 Those are some of the things that Benaiah did. As a result, he became famous, like the three greatest warriors were.
\v 23 He was more honored than the other greatest soldiers, but not as famous as the three greatest. David appointed him to be the commander of his bodyguards.
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\v 1 Now when Solomon was king over all Israel,
\v 2 these were his most important officials:
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\li1 Azariah, whose father was Zadok, was the priest.
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\v 3 Shisha's sons Elihoreph and Ahijah were the official secretaries.
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\v 6 Ahishar supervised the servants who worked in the palace.
\li1 Abda's son Adoniram supervised the men who were forced to do work for the king.
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\v 7 Solomon appointed twelve men to govern the districts in Israel. They also were required to provide food for the king and all the others who lived and worked in the palace. Each man was required to provide from his own district the food for one month in each year.
\v 8 Their names were:
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\li1 Ben Hur, for the hill area of the tribe of Ephraim.
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\li1 the twelve statues of oxen on whose backs the tank was placed,
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\v 45 the pots, shovels for the ashes of the altar, and bowls.
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\p Huram and his workers made all these things for King Solomon and put them outside the temple. They were all made of bronze that the workmen polished for it to gleam brightly.
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\v 46 They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan River valley, between the cities of Succoth and Zarethan.
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\v 47 Solomon did not tell his workers to weigh those bronze objects, because there were many items. So no one ever knew what they weighed.
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\v 50 the cups, the gold lamp wick snuffers, the small lamp bowls, the dishes for incense, the pans for carrying the hot coals, and the sockets for the doors at the entrance to the very holy place and for the doors at the entrance to the main room of the temple.
\li1 Those things were all made of gold.
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\v 52 I request that you always listen to your Israelite people and to their king, and heed their prayers whenever they call out to you to help them.
\v 53 You chose them from all the other people groups in the world to belong to you, which is what you told Moses to tell them when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt."
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\v 20 Later Hadad's wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes raised him in the palace, where he lived with the king's sons.
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\v 21 While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died, and that Joab, the commander of David's army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, "Please allow me to return to my own country."
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\q2 and drunk water from them.
\q And by marching through the streams of Egypt,
\q2 we dried them all up!'
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\q They are as frail as plants and grass in the fields,
\q2 as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses
\q3 and is scorched before it can grow tall.
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\q2 I will do this for the sake of my own reputation
\q2 and because of what I promised to King David,
\q3 who served me well.'"
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\v 51 Then Hadad died.
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\li1 The leaders of the clans of the Edom people group were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
\v 52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
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\v 33 Jonathan's sons were Peleth and Zaza.
\li1 Those were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
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\v 48 Caleb had another slave wife whose name was Maacah. Caleb and Maacah's sons were Sheber, Tirhanah,
\v 49 Shaaph, and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Acsah.
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\v 7 The sons of Ashhur and his wife Helah were Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan,
\v 8 and Koz. Koz was the father of Anub, Zobebah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Aharhel. Aharhel was the son of Harum.
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\v 9 There was another descendant of Judah whose name was Jabez. He was more respected than his brothers were. His mother named him Jabez which means 'pain' because she said, "I was enduring much pain when I gave birth to him."
\v 10 One day he prayed to God whom his fellow Israelites worshiped, saying, "Please greatly bless me and increase my land. Remain with me, and do not allow anyone to harm me. If you do that for me, I will not have any pain." And God did what Jabez requested him to do.
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\v 14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah.
\li2 Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
\v 15 Jehozadak was forced to leave his home when Yahweh sent King Nebuchadnezzar's army to capture many people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah and compel them to go to Babylonia.
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\v 19 Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi.
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\m Here is a list of the descendants of Levi, who became leaders of their clans.
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\v 20 Gershon's oldest son was Libni.
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\li2 Joah's son was Iddo.
\li2 Iddo's son was Zerah.
\li2 Zerah's son was Jeatherai.
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\li2 Izhar was the son of Kohath.
\li2 Kohath was the son of Levi.
\li2 Levi was the son of Jacob.
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\v 43 Shimei was the son of Jahath.
\li2 Jahath was the son of Gershon,
\li2 and Gershon was the son of Levi.
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\li2 Mahli was the son of Mushi.
\li2 Mushi was the son of Merari,
\li2 and Merari was the son of Levi.
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\v 70 The other descendants of Kohath were allotted the cities of Aner and Bileam and the nearby pastureland from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lives west of the Jordan River.
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\v 75 Hukok, and Rehob.
\li2
\v 76 From the tribe of Naphtali they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Kedesh in the region of Galilee, and the cities of Hammon and Kiriathaim.
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\v 26-27 Another descendant of Benjamin was Jeroham, whose sons were Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zicri.
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\v 28 In the records of these clans it is written that all those men were leaders of their clans, and they lived in Jerusalem.
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\li1 Eshek's oldest son was Ulam. His other sons were Jeush and Eliphelet.
\li2
\v 40 Ulam's sons were brave warriors and good archers. Altogether they had 150 sons and grandsons.
\b
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\v 8 Ibneiah son of Jeroham;
\li1 Elah son of Uzzi; Uzzi son of Micri;
\li1 Meshullam son of Shephatiah; Shephatiah son of Reuel; Reuel son of Ibnijah.
\b
\li1
\v 9 In other records of the people descended from Benjamin, there are the names of 956 people who were living in Jerusalem. All these were leaders of their clans.
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\li2 Galal son of Jeduthun;
\li1 There was also Berekiah son of Asa;
\li2 Asa son of Elkanah, who lived in one of the villages where the Netophath people lived.
\b
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\s5
\v 24 Those are some of the things that Benaiah did. So he became as famous as the three greatest warriors.
\v 25 He was more honored that the other members of the group of thirty great warriors, but he did not become a member of the group of three most outstanding warriors. David appointed him to be the leader of his bodyguards.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 13 We people are the descendants of his servant Jacob;
\q2 we are the people of Israel whom he has chosen.
\b
\q1
\v 14 Yahweh is our God.
\q2 His just laws are known by people throughout the world.
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\q1
\v 18 What he said was, "I will give the region of Canaan to you,
\q2 to belong to you and your descendants forever."
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -72,7 +70,6 @@
\q1
\v 22 "Do not harm the people whom I have chosen!
\q2 Do not harm my prophets!"
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -92,7 +89,6 @@
\q1
\v 27 He is glorious and majestic;
\q2 he is very powerful and joyful in his temple.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 33 When they do that, it will be as though the trees in the forest will sing joyfully in front of Yahweh.
\q2 That will happen when he comes to judge everyone on the earth.
\b
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\v 22 Eleazar had no sons; he had only daughters. So their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
\li1
\v 23 The three sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
\b
\s5
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\s5
\p
\v 6 Shemaiah son of Nethanel, who was a descendant of Levi, wrote down the names of the leaders of each group while David and his officials were watching. Zadok, the high priest, and Ahimelech his assistant, and the leaders of the families of the priests and of the families of the other descendants of Levi also watched.
\b
\s5
\li1
@ -99,7 +98,6 @@
\v 29 From the descendants of Kish there was his son Jerahmeel.
\li2
\v 30 The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
\b
\p Those were descendants of Levi who were listed according to the leaders of their families.
\v 31 The jobs they would do were decided by casting lots like their fellow Israelites the descendants of Aaron, did. They cast lots while King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the leaders of he families of the priests and the other descendants of Levi watched. The jobs that were given to the families of each oldest brother and each youngest brother were equal.

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\v 6 All those men were supervised by their fathers while they played music in the temple of Yahweh. They played cymbals, lyres, and harps. And their fathersAsaph, Jeduthun and Hemanwere supervised by the king.
\v 7 Those men and their relatives were all trained and skilled for playing musical instruments in the temple. That was their work for Yahweh. Including their relatives, there were 288 of them.
\v 8 All of them, including ones who were young and those who were old, cast lots to determine what work they would do.
\b
\s5
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\p
\v 1 This is a list of the Israelite men who served the king in the army. Some were leaders of families, some were commanders of one hundred men, some were commanders of one thousand men, and some were other officers. There were twenty-four thousand men in each group. Each group served one month of each year.
\b
\li1
\v 2 Jashobeam, son of Zabdiel, was in charge of the group that served during the first month of each year.
\v 3 He was a descendant of Perez, and he was the commander of all the army officers during the first month of each year.
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\s5
\p
\v 16 This is a list of the administrators of the twelve tribes of Israel:
\b
\li1 Eliezer, son of Zicri, was the administrator of the tribe of Reuben.
\li1 Shephatiah, son of Maacah, was the administrator of the tribe of Simeon.
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\s5
\p
\v 11 They also made pots and shovels for the ashes of the altar, and other small bowls.
\b
\p So Huram and his workers finished the work that King Solomon had given him to do at the temple of God.
\v 12 These were the things that they made:
\li1 the two large pillars

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\p
\v 11 In this way, Solomon's workers finished building the temple and Solomon's palace. And Solomon finished doing everything else that he had planned to do.
\v 12 Then Yahweh appeared to him one night in a dream and said to him, "I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this temple to be the place where my people will offer sacrifices to me.
\b
\s5
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\s5
\v 14 The leaders and numbers from each tribe were as follows:
\b
\li1 From the tribe of Judah, Adnah was the leader of the soldiers, and he commanded 300,000 soldiers.
\li1
\v 15 His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.

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\s5
\p
\v 6 Obeying what the king commanded, messengers went throughout Judah and Israel, taking messages that had been written by the king and his officials. This is what they wrote:
\b
\li "You Israelite people, you who survived after being slaves of the kings of Assyria, return to Yahweh, the God whom our great ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worshiped, in order that he may return to you. Your fathers and your fellow countrymen did not faithfully obey Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped.
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\p
\v 6 "This is a list of the people who returned to Jerusalem and to other places in Judea. They had been living in Babylonia. Nebuchadnezzar had taken them there. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah. Each one who returned went back to his own city where his ancestors had lived before the exile.
\v 7 They came back with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
\b
\p The number of men from the people who returned to Judah are listed next.
\s5
@ -64,7 +63,6 @@
\v 24 from the descendants of Hariph, whose other name is Jorah, 112,
\li2
\v 25 from the descendants of Gibeon, whose other name is Gibbar, ninety-five.
\b
\pi
\v 26 Men whose ancestors had lived in these towns also returned:
\li2 Men from Bethlehem and Netophah, 188.
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\v 37 men from Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721,
\li2
\v 38 men from Senaah, 3,930.
\b
\pi These priests also returned:
\s5
@ -110,7 +107,6 @@
\v 41 the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247,
\li2
\v 42 the descendants of Harim, 1,017.
\b
\s5
\pi
@ -118,10 +114,8 @@
\li2 the descendants of Jeshua, Kadmiel, Binnui, and Hodeva, seventy-four,
\li2
\v 44 singers who were descendants of Asaph, 148.
\b
\pi
\v 45 Also 138 temple gatekeepers from the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, returned.
\b
\s5
\pi
@ -151,7 +145,6 @@
\v 55 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
\li2
\v 56 Neziah, and Hatipha.
\b
\s5
\pi
@ -161,22 +154,18 @@
\v 58 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
\li2
\v 59 the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the descendants of Amon.
\b
\pi
\v 60 Altogether, there were 392 temple workers and descendants of Solomon's servants who returned.
\b
\s5
\pi
\v 61-62 Another group of 642 people from the clans of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda returned from the towns of Telmelah, Telharsha, Kerub, Addan, also known as Addon, and Immer in Babylonia. But they could not prove that they were descendants of Israel.
\b
\pi
\v 63 Priests from the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai also returned. Barzillai had married a woman who is a descendant of a man named Barzillai from the region of Gilead, and he had taken his wife's family name.
\s5
\v 64 They searched in the records that contained the names of people's ancestors, but they could not find the names of those families, so they were not allowed to have the rights and duties that priests had. They did not qualify to be priests because they could not trace their family history.
\v 65 The governor told them they should not be allowed to eat the priests' share of the food, taken from the sacrifices, and they should come who could use the marked stones to find what God said about their being priests once more.
\b
\s5
\pi
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\s5
\v 68 The Israelites also brought back from Babylonia 736 horses, 245 mules,
\v 69 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
\b
\s5
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\c 10
\p
\v 1 This is a list of those who signed the agreement:
\b
\li1 I, Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, the governor and also Zedekiah.
\b
\m
\v 2 The priests who signed it were:
\li1 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
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\v 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
\li1
\v 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.
\b
\s5
\m
@ -38,7 +35,6 @@
\v 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
\li1
\v 13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
\b
\m
\v 14 The Israelite leaders who signed it were:
\li1 Parosh, Pahath Moab, Elam, Zattu, and Bani.

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\p
\v 5 And there was Maaseiah the son of Baruch, who was the son of Colhozeh, who was the son of Hazaiah, who was the son of Adaiah, who was the son of Joiarib, who was the son of Zechariah, who was a descendant of Judah's son Shelah.
\v 6 There were 468 men who were descendants of Perez.
\b
\s5
\m
@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ These are from the relatives of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechari
\v 8 Two of Sallu's relatives, Gabbai and Sallai, also settled in Jerusalem.
\p Altogether, 928 people from the tribe of Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.
\v 9 Their leader was Zichri. The official who was second in command in Jerusalem was Hassenuah.
\b
\s5
\m
@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ These are from the relatives of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechari
\v 13 Altogether, there were 242 members of that clan who were leaders of the clan who settled in Jerusalem.
\p Another priest who settled in Jerusalem was Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer.
\v 14 There were 128 members of that clan who were valiant soldiers who settled in Jerusalem. Their leader was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.
\b
\s5
\m
@ -55,7 +52,6 @@ These are from the relatives of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechari
\s5
\m
\v 19 The gatekeepers who settled in Jerusalem were Akkub and Talmon. Altogether, there were 172 of them and their relatives who settled in Jerusalem.
\b
\p
\v 20 The other Israelite people including descendants of Levi and priests lived on their own property in other towns and cities in Judea.
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\q1
\v 10 That was an evil day because my mother's womb was not closed;
\q2 instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 19 Rich people and poor people are alike after they die,
\q2 and those who were slaves no longer have to obey their masters.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 6 You say that you honor God; so you should be trusting in him, for him not to let you suffer.
\q2 If you really had not sinned, you would have been confident that God would not let these disasters happen to you!
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 7 People make trouble for themselves from the time that they are born;
\q2 this is as certain as the fact that sparks shoot up from a fire.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 16 So poor people confidently expect that good things will happen to them;
\q2 but God stops wicked people from saying evil things.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -103,7 +101,6 @@
\q1
\v 26 You will become very old before you die,
\q2 like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest and thresh them.
\b
\q1
\v 27 My friends and I have thought carefully about these things, and we know that they are true,
\q2 so pay attention to what I have said!"

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\v 7 I do not want to eat food like that,
\q2 because it disgusts me,
\q1 and I do not like what you have said to me.
\b
\q1
\v 8 I wish that God would do for me what I have asked of him:
\q1
@ -41,7 +40,6 @@
\q1
\v 10 If he would do that, I would be comforted because I would know that in spite of the great pain that I have suffered,
\q2 I have always obeyed what God, the Holy One, has commanded.
\b
\q1
\v 11 But now I do not have enough strength to endure all these things.
\q2 And since I have nothing to hope for in the future,
@ -54,7 +52,6 @@
\q1
\v 13 So I am not able to help myself;
\q2 I am not wise enough for that.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\v 27 You do not sympathize with me at all for the things
that I am suffering.
\q2 You will do anything to get something for yourselves! You would even play a game to see who gets an orphan as a prize!
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 5 My body is covered with maggots and scabs;
\q2 pus oozes out of my open sores.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -41,7 +40,6 @@
\q1
\v 10 they never return to their houses,
\q2 and the people who are still alive do not remember them anymore.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 16 I detest continuing to be alive; I do not want to live for many more years.
\q2 Allow me to be alone, because I will be alive for only a very short time.
\b
\q1
\v 17 We human beings are not very important;
\q2 so why do you pay so much attention to us ?

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\q1
\v 7 Even though you were not very prosperous before,
\q2 during the last stage of your life you would become very wealthy.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -76,7 +75,6 @@
\q1
\v 19 Truly, this is all the joy that evil people have:
\q2 other people just come and take their places.
\b
\q1
\v 20 So, I tell you, Job, God will not reject you if you honor him,
\q2 but he does not help evil people.

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\q1
\v 13 God will not very easily stop being angry;
\q2 he defeated the servants of Rahab, the great sea monster.
\b
\q1
\v 14 If God took me to court,
\q2 what could I say to answer him?
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\q1
\v 20 Even though I was innocent, anything I said would cause him to punish me;
\q2 even though I had not done anything wrong, he would still prove that I was guilty.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -93,7 +91,6 @@
\q2 It is as though he had caused judges to be blind, no longer able to judge fairly.
\q1 If it is not God who has done that,
\q2 who, then, has done it?
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 31 he would still throw me into a filthy pit;
\q2 as a result it would be as though even my clothes would detest me.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 7 You know that I am not guilty,
\q2 and that no one can rescue me from your power.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 12 You have caused me to be alive; you have faithfully loved me,
\q2 and you have carefully preserved me.
\b
\q1
\v 13 But you kept secret what you were planning to do to me;
\q2 I am certain that you were planning to do these things to me.
@ -70,7 +68,6 @@
\v 17 You constantly find more witnesses to testify that I have done what is wrong,
\q2 and you continually become more angry with me.
\q2 It is as though you are [were] always bringing new troops to attack me.
\b
\s5
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\v 6 God knows everything about everything,
\q2 so I wish that he would tell you the secrets that he knows because he is wise.
\q1 It would be good if you realized that God is punishing you less than you deserve!
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 9 What there is to know about God is wider than the earth
\q2 and wider than the ocean.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 12 Stupid people like you will start to become wise
\q2 when wild donkeys start giving birth to people.
\b
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\v 3 But I have as much good sense as you do;
\q2 I am no less wise than you are.
\q2 Certainly everyone knows all that you have said.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\v 6 Meanwhile, bandits live peacefully,
\q2 and no one threatens those who cause God to become angry;
\q2 the god they worship is their own strength.
\b
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\q1
\v 12 What you have said—the things that you think are so wise—are as useless as ashes;
\q2 what you say to defend how you think is no better than clay that quickly crumbles.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 19 I certainly do not think that you or anyone else will say that what I say is false;
\q2 if you did so, then I would speak no more, and I would die.
\b
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\q1 Until the heavens do not exist any longer;
\q2 people who die do not wake up,
\q2 and no one can wake them up.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 17 The record of my sins would be sealed in a small bag,
\q2 and you would cover them.
\b
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\q1
\v 6 Everything that you say shows that God should punish you;
\q2 it is not necessary for me to prove that.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 13 You are angry with God,
\q2 and so you say harsh things against him.
\b
\q1
\v 14 How can any person, including you, be sinless?
\q2 How can anyone on the earth be completely righteous?
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\q1
\v 16 So he certainly does not trust disgusting people,
\q2 those who commit evil deeds as often as they drink water.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 5 Then you would see whether my words encouraged you or not;
\q2 you would see whether they made you feel your pain less.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -65,7 +64,6 @@
\q1
\v 14 It is as though I were a wall that he is breaking through time after time;
\q2 he rushes at me like a soldier who is attacking his enemy.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\q1
\v 17 All this has happened to me even though I have not acted violently toward anyone,
\q2 and even though I always pray sincerely to God.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -95,7 +92,6 @@ I want it to cry out against those who killed me,
\q1
\v 21 I pray that the one who knows what I have done would come to plead with God for me
\q2 as a person pleads for his friend.
\b
\q1
\v 22 I say this because within a few years I will die;
\q2 I will walk along the road to a place from which I will never return."

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\v 5 Our ancestors said, 'It often happens that when someone betrays his friends in order to get some of their property,
\q2 it is that person's children who will be punished for it;'
\q1 so I desire that will be true of these friends of mine who are lying about me.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
\q1
\v 9 Those who are truly righteous will continue to do what is right,
\q2 and those who live righteously will continue to become stronger.
\b
\q1
\v 10 But all you friends of mine,
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\v 4 By being very angry, you are only hurting yourself.
\q2 Do you think that everyone on the earth must leave to prove that you are right,
\q2 or do you think that God must move the rocks in the mountains to please you?
\b
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\q1
\v 6 you should realize that it is God who has caused me to suffer.
\q2 It is as though he has a net and that he has caught me in it.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\v 12 It is as though he were sending his army to attack me;
\q2 they surround my tent
\q2 and get ready to attack me.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -82,14 +80,12 @@
\q1
\v 20 My body is only skin and bones;
\q2 I am barely alive.
\b
\q1
\v 21 I plead with you, my three friends, pity me
\q2 because God has struck me very hard.
\q1
\v 22 Why do you cause me to suffer, also? Do you think you are God?
\q2 Why do you never get enough of accusing me of doing wrong?
\b
\s5
\q1
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\v 27 I will see him myself;
\q2 I will see him with my own eyes!
\q2 My emotions overwhelm me as I think about that!
\b
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\q1
\v 3 By saying these things you have insulted me,
\q2 but something within my understanding suggests to me how I may reply to you.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -44,7 +43,6 @@
\q1
\v 11 The bodies of the wicked were once young and strong,
\q2 but they will die and be buried in the ground.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -76,7 +74,6 @@
\q1
\v 19 because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them,
\q2 and they took other people's houses by cheating them.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 3 Be patient with me, and allow me to speak.
\q2 Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -23,7 +22,6 @@
\q1
\v 6 When I think about what has happened to me,
\q2 I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -62,7 +60,6 @@
\q1
\v 16 Wicked people think that they have become prosperous because of what they have done,
\q2 but I do not want to have anything to do with their thinking.
\b
\q1
\v 17 How often does it happen that wicked people die,
\q2 without experiencing disasters?
@ -83,7 +80,6 @@
\q1
\v 21 After wicked people are dead,
\q2 they are not at all concerned for their families who are still alive.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -104,7 +100,6 @@
\v 26 They die and are buried,
\q2 and maggots cover their bodies.
\q1 Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked.
\b
\s5
\q1
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\v 33 A huge number of people go to the grave site;
\q2 some go in front of the procession and some come behind,
\q2 and the wicked ones who have died surely feel good when people throw clods of dirt on their graves.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 3 If you were righteous, that would not please Almighty God, would it?
\q2 If you lived a perfect life, that would not help him, would it?
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
\q1
\v 11 It is as though it had become very dark, with the result that you cannot see anything,
\q2 and it is as though a flood covered you.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -70,14 +68,12 @@
\q1
\v 18 Yet it was God who filled their houses with good things;
\q2 so I cannot agree at all to follow what the wicked plan.
\b
\q1
\v 19 When righteous people see that God punishes wicked people, they are glad,
\q2 and they laugh at those wicked people.
\q1
\v 20 They say, 'Now our enemies have been destroyed,
\q2 and fire has burned up anything left of their wealth.'
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 7 I am an honest man, so I would be able to discuss things with him fairly,
\q2 and then he would declare that I am innocent, and he would not trouble me again.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -46,7 +45,6 @@
\q1
\v 12 I have always obeyed what he commanded;
\q2 I have hidden away in my inner being the words that he has spoken.
\b
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\q1
\v 12 In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out to God for help,
\q2 but God ignores their prayers.
\b
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\q1
\v 6 I will say that I am innocent, and I will never say anything different;
\q2 my inner being will never reproach me as long as I live.
\b
\q1
\v 7 I want God to punish my enemies like he will punish all wicked people;
\q2 I want him to punish those who oppose me like he punishes all unrighteous people.
@ -39,7 +38,6 @@
\v 10 Will they be happy about what Almighty God does?
\q2 Will they begin to pray to him frequently?
\q2 Certainly not!
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -48,7 +46,6 @@
\q1
\v 12 You three have seen for yourselves powerful things that God has done;
\q2 so I do not understand why you have been saying such nonsense to me.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -76,7 +73,6 @@
\q1
\v 19 The wicked people are rich when they lie down at night,
\q2 but when they wake up in the morning, they find out that their money has disappeared.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 11 They dam up small streams to stop the water from flowing,
\q2 and they bring up into the light things that are hidden in the ground and in the streams.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -78,7 +77,6 @@
\q1
\v 19 The prices of topaz from Ethiopia and of pure gold
\q2 are lower than the value of wisdom.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 6 My herds provided me with plenty of milk,
\q2 and streams of oil flowed from the rock where my servants pressed the olives.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -66,7 +65,6 @@
\q1
\v 17 I made wicked people stop oppressing others; it was like someone who breaks the teeth of wild animals
\q2 and forces them to drop their victims from their teeth.
\b
\q1
\v 18 At that time I thought, 'Surely I will live in peace until I am very old,
\q2 and I will die at home with my family.
@ -78,7 +76,6 @@
\q1
\v 20 People always honor me,
\q2 and I am always strong like a new bow.'
\b
\q1
\v 21 When I spoke, people waited to hear what I would say;
\q2 they remained silent until I advised them what they should do.

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\q1
\v 19 He has thrown me into the mud;
\q2 I am not worth anything more than dust and ashes.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -97,7 +96,6 @@
\q1
\v 23 I know that you will cause me to die,
\q2 which is what happens to everyone who is alive.
\b
\s5
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\v 4 God certainly sees everything that I do,
\q2 so why is he causing me to suffer?
\q2 It is as though he were counting every step that I take.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
\q1
\v 8 then I hope that when I plant seeds, someone else will harvest the crops and eat them,
\q2 and that others will uproot the crops that I have planted.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -54,7 +52,6 @@
\q1
\v 12 My adultery would produce in me a fire like the fire that burns people in hell,
\q2 and it would burn up everything that I own.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -68,7 +65,6 @@
\v 15 God, who created me, certainly also created my servants;
\q2 surely he is the one who formed them and me in our mothers' wombs,
\q2 so we all should behave toward each other in the same way.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -96,7 +92,6 @@ All my life I have never given the widowed mothers a reason to lose hope.
\q1
\v 23 I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster if I did any of those evil things,
\q2 and I would not have been able to endure the powerful things that he would do to punish me.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -115,7 +110,6 @@ All my life I have never given the widowed mothers a reason to lose hope.
\q1
\v 28 those things also would be sins for which the judges would say that I must be punished
\q2 because I would have been rejecting God by doing those things.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -138,7 +132,6 @@ All my life I have never given the widowed mothers a reason to lose hope.
\v 34 and I never remained silent and refused to go outside
\q2 because I was afraid of what people would say about me,
\q2 and that they would hate me.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -150,7 +143,6 @@ All my life I have never given the widowed mothers a reason to lose hope.
\q1
\v 37 I would tell God everything that I have done,
\q2 and I would approach him like a ruler would, without being afraid.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -163,7 +155,6 @@ All my life I have never given the widowed mothers a reason to lose hope.
\q1
\v 40 then I wish that thorns would grow in my fields instead of wheat,
\q2 and that bad weeds would grow instead of barley!"
\b
\q1 That is the end of what Job said to his three friends.

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\q1
\v 9 Not all people become wise when they are old;
\q2 not all old people understand what is right.
\b
\q1
\v 10 That is why I say to you now, 'Listen to me,
\q2 and allow me to declare what I know.'
@ -48,7 +47,6 @@
\q1
\v 14 Job was replying to you, not to me,
\q2 so I will not reply to him by saying what you three have said.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 5 So answer what I say if you can;
\q2 think carefully what you will reply to me.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -44,7 +43,6 @@
\q1
\v 11 It is as though he had put my feet in stocks,
\q2 and he watches everything that I do.'
\b
\q1
\v 12 However, what you have said is wrong,
\q2 and I will tell you what you have said that is wrong.
@ -86,7 +84,6 @@
\q1
\v 22 We know that we will soon die
\q2 and go to the place where dead people are.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -116,7 +113,6 @@
\q1
\v 28 He has saved me from dying and going to the place where dead people are,
\q2 and I will continue to enjoy being alive.'
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -124,7 +120,6 @@
\q1
\v 30 he preserves us from dying and going to the place where the dead are,
\q2 in order that we can continue to enjoy being alive.
\b
\s5
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\q2 and spends time with wicked people.
\q1
\v 9 He certainly does these things, because he has said, 'It is useless for people to try to please God.'
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -57,7 +56,6 @@
\q1
\v 15 everyone would die immediately,
\q2 and their corpses would soon become soil again.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -79,7 +77,6 @@
\v 20 They often die suddenly;
\q2 he strikes them at midnight and they die;
\q2 he gets rid of important people without the help of any humans.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -121,7 +118,6 @@
\q1
\v 30 He does this so that those who rule over us may honor him,
\q2 so that our rulers do not oppress us.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -136,7 +132,6 @@
\q2 but do you think that he will do what you want him to do?
\q1 It is you who must choose what you should say to God, not I;
\q2 tell me what you are thinking about this.
\b
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\q1
\v 4 Well, I will answer you,
\q2 and I will answer your three friends, too.
\b
\q1
\v 5 Job, look up at the sky;
\q2 look at the clouds that are high above you
@ -31,7 +30,6 @@
\q1
\v 8 It is other people who can suffer because of the wicked things that you do;
\q2 In the same way, you might help others if you do good things for them.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 4 I will not say anything to you that is false;
\q2 I, who am standing in front of you, am someone who understands things very well.
\b
\q1
\v 5 Really, God is very powerful, and he does not despise anyone,
\q2 and he understands everything.
@ -51,7 +50,6 @@
\v 12 But if they do not listen to him,
\q2 they will die violently
\q2 because they understand nothing about God and what he wants them to do.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -66,7 +64,6 @@
\q1
\v 15 God actually rescues people by causing them to suffer;
\q2 by afflicting them, he causes them to listen to what he is telling them.
\b
\q1
\v 16 Job, I think that God wants to bring you out of your troubles
\q2 and allow you to live without distress;
@ -91,7 +88,6 @@
\q1
\v 21 Be careful not to begin doing evil deeds,
\q2 because God has caused you to suffer to prevent you from doing evil.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -108,7 +104,6 @@
\q1
\v 25 All people have seen what he has done,
\q2 but we understand those things only a little.
\b
\q1
\v 26 How great God is! We are not able to know how great he is,
\q2 and we do not understand how old he is.

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\q1
\v 13 Sometimes God sends rain to punish us, sometimes to water the land that he has made,
\q2 and sometimes because he wants to be very kind to us.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -73,7 +72,6 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 18 Can you stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as a metal mirror?
\b
\q1
\v 19 Job, you know so much! So tell us what we should say to God;
\q2 we do not know anything about how we should defend ourselves.

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\v 3 I want to ask you some questions,
\q2 so act like a man and
\q2 get ready to answer my questions.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -30,7 +29,6 @@
\q2 and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place,
\q2 and all the angels shouted joyfully when they saw that happen,
\q1 who laid that cornerstone?
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -48,7 +46,6 @@
\v 11 I pointed to the shore and said to the water,
\q2 'I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther.
\q2 Your powerful waves must stop here!'
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -65,7 +62,6 @@
\q1
\v 15 When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness that they like;
\q2 in the daylight they no longer are able to hurt anyone.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -77,7 +73,6 @@
\q1
\v 18 Do you know how big the earth is?
\q2 Tell me, if you know all these things!
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -90,7 +85,6 @@
\v 21 I am sure that you know these things
\q2 because you were born before the time when all things were created;
\q2 you must be very old!
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -124,7 +118,6 @@
\q1
\v 30 In the winter, the water freezes and becomes as hard as a rock,
\q2 and the surface of lakes becomes frozen.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -135,7 +128,6 @@
\q1
\v 33 Do you know the laws that the stars must obey?
\q2 Can you cause those same laws to rule everything here on the earth?
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -153,7 +145,6 @@
\q1
\v 38 so that the dry ground becomes hard
\q2 as the dry clods become wet and stick together?
\b
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\q1
\v 4 The young calves grow up in the open fields,
\q2 and then they leave their mothers and do not return to them again.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -30,7 +29,6 @@
\q1
\v 8 They go over the hills to find food;
\q2 there they search for grass to eat.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -47,7 +45,6 @@
\q1
\v 12 Can you rely on it to come back from the field
\q2 bringing your grain to the place where you thresh it?
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -72,7 +69,6 @@
\v 18 However, when they get up and begin to run,
\q2 they scornfully laugh at horses with their riders
\q2 because the horses cannot run as fast as the ostriches!
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -101,7 +97,6 @@
\v 25 They neigh joyfully when they hear someone blowing the trumpet.
\q2 They can smell a battle even when they are far away,
\q2 and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands to their soldiers.
\b
\s5
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\v 7 "I want to ask you some questions,
\q2 so act like a man and
\q2 get ready to answer my questions.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 8 Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust?
@ -55,7 +54,6 @@
\q1
\v 14 If you do that, I will congratulate you
\q2 and say that truly you can save yourself by your own ability.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 11 Also, everything on the earth is mine.
\q2 Therefore, no one is able to give anything to me and require me to pay money for it!
\b
\q1
\v 12 I will tell you about how strong crocodiles' legs are
\q2 and how strong their well formed bodies are.

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\q1
\v 15 They bend the truth and live by deception
\q2 and their lies hide what they have done.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -75,7 +74,6 @@
\q1
\v 19 All who go to her to sleep with her have no way to get out of her house,
\q2 they will be so lost they will never find the way back to life.
\b
\s5
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\v 28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later;
\q2 perhaps I will help you tomorrow,"
\q2 when you have the money with you and can help them now.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 6 Leave your untrained ways behind you, and live,
\q2 and I will show you how to walk on the road that will give you understanding.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
\q1
\v 9 If you give instruction to a wise person, he will become even more wise.
\q2 And if you teach a person who does what is right, he will learn even more.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -49,7 +47,6 @@
\q1
\v 12 If you become wise, you will gain many benefits from it;
\q2 if you ridicule other people, you will suffer by yourself."
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 22 Yahweh gives good gifts that make some people wealthy,
\q2 and he does not make them suffer for it.
\b
\q1
\v 23 Foolish people play games when they do what is wrong,
\q2 but people with understanding enjoy wisdom.

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\q1
\v 13 Those who despise good advice bring the punishment for disobeying upon themselves;
\q2 the one who pays attention to the instruction will receive honor.
\b
\q1
\v 14 The lesson taught by the wise are like a fountain that gives life to all who drink from it,
\q2 and they inform you about all the deadly dangers around you.

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\q1
\v 5 You can tell if a witness is reliable, if he tells the truth,
\q2 but when a witness breaths out lie after lie, he is a false witness and cannot be depended on.
\b
\q1
\v 6 One who thinks he is better than others, he may seek wisdom, but he will not find it,
\q2 but the one who has grown in knowledge can easily learn much more.
@ -28,7 +27,6 @@
\q1
\v 7 Do not stay close to a foolish person: Walk away from him.
\q2 There is no knowledge to be learned from him.
\b
\q1
\v 8 The one who has learned much knowledge applies it to his own life; that is wisdom.
\q2 The foundation of all folly is the lie.
@ -36,7 +34,6 @@
\q1
\v 9 Fools watch the guilt offering being sacrificed in the temple, and they make fun of it,
\q2 but those who please Yahweh are glad to share his favor.
\b
\q1
\v 10 A person keeps close inside all his bitterness and disappointment;
\q2 and no stranger will ever know all the joy it contains.
@ -44,7 +41,6 @@
\q1
\v 11 The family of the wicked will be destroyed,
\q2 but a little tent where the upright live will grow, like a tree grows into something grand.
\b
\q1
\v 12 A person sees a way, and it appears to be the right way for him to go,
\q2 but he does not know that it only leads to death.
@ -52,7 +48,6 @@
\q1
\v 13 A person can be in great pain and still be able to laugh;
\q2 a time of great joy may end in grief.
\b
\q1
\v 14 The faithless man will receive from Yahweh what he deserves;
\q2 but Yahweh will give a good person what is his.
@ -61,7 +56,6 @@
\q1
\v 15 Those who have had no instruction believe everything they are told,
\q2 but the man who has learned some knowledge thinks about what he will do.
\b
\q1
\v 16 A wise person sees evil and is afraid of it, and he turns away from it;
\q2 the foolish person boldly throws aside every warning.
@ -69,7 +63,6 @@
\q1
\v 17 Those who get angry quickly do foolish things;
\q2 people hate those who make evil plans.
\b
\q1
\v 18 Those who have not been instructed have foolishness handed to them;
\q2 those who have learned a little knowledge are surrounded by it.
@ -77,7 +70,6 @@
\q1
\v 19 Evil people will bow down before those who are good,
\q2 and the wicked people will bow down at the gates of those who do right.
\b
\q1
\v 20 The poor are hated even by their own companions,
\q2 but the rich have many friends.
@ -85,7 +77,6 @@
\q1
\v 21 It is sinful to have contempt for your neighbors;
\q2 but how fortunate are those who do kind things for the poor.
\b
\q1
\v 22 Those who plot with evil plans, do they not go astray?
\q2 But those who make plans for the good will receive love and faithfulness.
@ -94,7 +85,6 @@
\q1
\v 23 If you work hard, you will make some money,
\q2 but where there is only talk, it leads to poverty.
\b
\q1
\v 24 The reward of the wise is the wealth they have,
\q2 but the folly of fools only brings them more foolishness.
@ -107,37 +97,30 @@
\v 26 Those give Yahweh the honor he deserves
\q2 have much confidence in him;
\q2 giving honor to Yahweh will also protect your children.
\b
\q1
\v 27 Giving Yahweh the honor he deserves is like having a fountain that gives life;
\q2 so you can keep away from being trapped by death.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 28 A king measures his glory by the number of the people in his kingdom,
\q2 but if the prince has no people, he is brought to ruin.
\b
\q1
\v 29 Those who do not quickly become angry have much understanding;
\q2 the quick-tempered praise foolishness.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 30 Being at peace is good for the whole body,
\q2 but having evil within, rots the bones.
\b
\q1
\v 31 The one who oppresses a poor person curses Yahweh who made him,
\q2 but those who show favor to a poor person honor Yahweh.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 32 The wicked person is brought down by his evil actions,
\q2 but those who do what is right have a safe home, even in death.
\b
\q1
\v 33 Wisdom finds a place to rest in someone who has discernment,
\q2 but wisdom lets herself be known even among fools.
@ -145,7 +128,6 @@
\q1
\v 34 When a people do what is right, the nation does well,
\q2 but sin brings disgrace upon any people.
\b
\q1
\v 35 A king is pleased with a servant who does his work with good judgment,
\q2 but the king is angry with any servant who brings shame to him.

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\q1
\v 3 Yahweh sees everything that is happening;
\q2 he keeps account of the evil and of the good.
\b
\q1
\v 4 A person who can give healing with what they say is like a tree that gives life;
\q2 when someone lies to you, it can feel like they have crushed you.
@ -25,13 +24,11 @@
\q1
\v 6 In the families of those who do right there are great treasures,
\q2 but the wealth that the wicked have gives them great troubles.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 7 The wise scatter knowledge about like the farmer scatters his seed,
\q2 but the hearts of fools are not so generous.
\b
\q1
\v 8 Yahweh hates it when the wicked offer their sacrifices,
\q2 but when those who please him pray, he is delighted.
@ -42,33 +39,27 @@
\q1
\v 10 Yahweh will discipline those who lose their way,
\q2 and those who hate correction will die.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 11 The places of death and destruction are known to Yahweh;
\q2 how much more does Yahweh know everything within the minds of the people he has made?
\b
\q1
\v 12 The one who thinks he is better than anyone, he resents being corrected by anyone;
\q2 he thinks he is so smart, he will never talk with one who is wise.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 13 When people are happy, they have smiles on their faces,
\q2 but sadness is so strong it crushes the person.
\b
\q1
\v 14 The longing of the one who is wise is to gain more knowledge,
\q2 but foolish people only say foolish things.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 15 Every day for one who is oppressed is misery for him,
\q2 but those who have a happy heart, for them life is a never-ending party.
\b
\q1
\v 16 It is much better to have only a little and to give Yahweh the honor he deserves,
\q2 than to have great wealth along with much confusion.
@ -80,13 +71,11 @@
\q1
\v 18 When a person is angry, he stirs up more arguments,
\q2 but one who does not quickly become angry, he is able to stop an argument and make peace.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 19 The life of a lazy person is like someone trying to walk through a hedge of thorns,
\q2 but those who do what pleases Yahweh are like those who are walking on a level highway.
\b
\q1
\v 20 A wise child brings happiness to his father,
\q2 but it is a foolish person who despises his mother.
@ -95,21 +84,17 @@
\q1
\v 21 Foolish people enjoy their folly;
\q2 those who have insight live a good life.
\b
\q1
\v 22 When there is no one giving advice, plans go wrong,
\q2 but with many advisors, they will succeed.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 23 People rejoice when they give a good answer,
\q2 and how nice is the right word spoken at the right moment.
\b
\q1
\v 24 The path leading to life goes up, away from death;
\q2 he follows that way and turns from the place of the dead.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -118,13 +103,11 @@
\q1
\v 26 Yahweh hates what wicked people are thinking about,
\q2 but when people say what is kind, they are pure.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 27 The thief brings many troubles to his family,
\q2 but the one who refuses to accept bribes will live.
\b
\q1
\v 28 The people who do right think carefully before they answer;
\q2 it is like the wicked pour out of their mouths all kinds of evil when they talk.
@ -136,7 +119,6 @@
\q1
\v 30 When people smile, it makes them happy,
\q2 and good news brings healing to the body.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -145,7 +127,6 @@
\q1
\v 32 The one who refuses to follow discipline, despises himself;
\q2 the one who receives correction gains understanding as well.
\b
\s5
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\q1
\v 1 People make plans out of their longings deep within them,
\q2 but it is Yahweh who tells him what will happen.
\b
\q1
\v 2 A person sees nothing wrong with what he does,
\q2 but Yahweh measures every part of what a person does according to his purposes.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 3 When you work, give all your ideas and your labor to Yahweh,
\q2 and your plans will be successful.
\b
\q1
\v 4 When Yahweh made everything, he made them so they would all accomplish something for him.
\q2 He has even made the wicked for the day when there is great trouble.
@ -23,7 +20,6 @@
\q1
\v 5 Yahweh hates those whose pride comes from deep within them.
\q2 But you can be sure of this: they will still be punished for their pride.
\b
\q1
\v 6 Love and faithfulness will cover over sin and forgive sin.
\q2 When people give Yahweh the respect he deserves,
@ -41,31 +37,25 @@
\q1
\v 9 From deep within a person come the plans he makes,
\q2 but Yahweh leads the person in each step he takes.
\b
\q1
\v 10 A king can speak with inspired judgment;
\q2 and when he makes a ruling, it is good and true.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 11 Honest scales come from Yahweh;
\q2 it is he who decided how much each unit should weigh.
\b
\q1
\v 12 We should hate it when kings do wicked things,
\q2 for the throne is set on a firm foundation when the king does what is right.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 13 A king is happy when he hears someone speaking what is right;
\q2 and he loves the one who is direct when he talks.
\b
\q1
\v 14 If a king becomes angry, his wrath is a danger that can kill;
\q2 so wise people will try to calm him so that he is not too angry.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -74,25 +64,21 @@
\q1
\v 16 Becoming wise is better than having gold;
\q2 getting good understanding is better than having silver.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 17 The one who lives in the way that is right will turn away from doing evil;
\q2 whoever is careful about how he lives his life
\q2 will preserve his life.
\b
\q1
\v 18 Pride happens to someone first, and then he perishes.
\q2 If someone thinks he is better than others,
\q2 he will have a terrible fall.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 19 It is better to be humble and live among the poor
\q2 than to receive a portion of what proud people took by force.
\b
\q1
\v 20 Those who think about what they have been taught
\q2 find many good things in the lesson;
@ -114,45 +100,37 @@
\v 24 Kind words are like a honeycomb;
\q2 they are sweet for us to take in,
\q2 and they give healing to our bodies.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 25 A person lives out his life and he thinks he is doing what is right,
\q2 but when he comes to the end of his life, all he finds is death.
\b
\q1
\v 26 A worker's appetite drives him to work harder,
\q2 his hunger urges him to keep working.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 27 A worthless man digs and digs until he finds something
\q2 he can use to embarrass someone and cause them trouble;
\q2 and what he says about them is like a fire that burns the field.
\b
\q1
\v 28 A person who has no morals stirs up conflict between people;
\q2 and those who spread rumors pull friends apart.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 29 A violent person tells lies to his friend,
\q2 and he leads him down a path that will never find what is good.
\b
\q1
\v 30 The one who winks the eye is signaling to others it is time to begin their terrible plot;
\q2 those who press their lips together, they do evil things.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 31 Gray hair is like a glorious crown;
\q2 it is given to those who live their lives
\q2 by doing what is right.
\b
\q1
\v 32 The one who is slow to get angry is stronger than a warrior;
\q2 the one who is self-controlled is mightier than one who conquers a city by force.

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\q1
\v 1 It is better to eat a dry piece of bread and not have strife
\q2 than to live in a house where quarreling is as regular as feasting.
\b
\q1
\v 2 A slave who acts wisely will rule over the son of his master
\q2 if that son does shameful things.
@ -14,21 +13,17 @@
\q1
\v 3 Silver is put into the crucible to be refined, and gold is put into the furnace to be made pure,
\q2 but it is Yahweh who makes people pure.
\b
\q1
\v 4 Those who do what is evil pay attention to the person who talks in wicked ways,
\q2 and those who tell lies listen to those who speak in order to make trouble.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 5 The one who makes fun of those who are poor insults Yahweh who made him;
\q2 Yahweh will punish those who are happy when someone else has troubles.
\b
\q1
\v 6 Grandchildren bring honor and respect to the aged,
\q2 and parents bring honor to their children.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -37,18 +32,15 @@
\q1
\v 8 A bribe works like magic for the one who is giving the bribe;
\q2 everything he tries to do by giving bribes succeeds.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 9 You must learn not to be offended by the one you love,
\q2 but if you bring up something to your friend that hurt you, and you do it over and over,
\q2 that will pull the best of friends apart.
\b
\q1
\v 10 A rebuke to someone with understanding goes deeper into him
\q2 than trying to teach a fool by hitting him a hundred times with a stick.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -62,7 +54,6 @@
\q1
\v 13 If someone gives back evil for the good that was given to him,
\q2 evil will stay in his family.
\b
\q1
\v 14 Starting a quarrel is like pumping water and letting it run everywhere;
\q2 it is much better to walk away before it starts.
@ -71,21 +62,17 @@
\q1
\v 15 When a court sets the wicked free and condemns those who do what is right,
\q2 Yahweh hates both of these actions.
\b
\q1
\v 16 There is no benefit for a fool when he pays money to learn about wisdom;
\q2 no matter how much he tries, he will not be able to learn about wisdom.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 17 A friend loves you all the time,
\q2 and when you are in trouble, there is no one better than a brother to help you.
\b
\q1
\v 18 One having no good judgment will make a contract he cannot pay,
\q2 and he will even may a promise to pay the money his neighbor owes.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -99,17 +86,14 @@
\q1
\v 21 The father who has a fool brings sadness into his life;
\q2 the father of a fool cannot live a happy life.
\b
\q1
\v 22 Being cheerful is like medicine that makes you feel better,
\q2 but when you are crushed by sadness, it is as if every bone within you could break with only a touch.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 23 A wicked person accepts a bribe in such a way as no one could see him,
\q2 so the bribe would change the verdict in his favor.
\b
\q1
\v 24 The one who has begun to understand, he knows that he must also now go after wisdom.
\q2 However, the foolish person has bold plans and impossible dreams,
@ -126,7 +110,6 @@
\q1
\v 27 The one who has learned knowledge, learned to speak well using few words,
\q2 and the one who has understanding, does not lose his temper.
\b
\q1
\v 28 When a fool keeps silent, some may think he is very wise;
\q2 when he keeps his mouth shut, even a fool looks intelligent.

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\q1
\v 2 A foolish person does not enjoy understanding anything;
\q2 he only wants to tell others what he thinks.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
\q1
\v 5 When the wicked are treated with special honor, it is not good,
\q2 and it is not good to refuse to give justice to those who do what is right.
\b
\q1
\v 6 A foolish person says things that start arguments;
\q2 he says things that make other people want to beat him with a stick.
@ -78,7 +76,6 @@
\q2 may be harder than waging a battle to win a city.
\q2 and having an argument is more difficult to overcome
\q2 than breaking down the bars of a castle.
\b
\q1
\v 20 The words a person speaks can bring satisfaction to himself,
\q2 like the food he eats satisfies his stomach.
@ -86,7 +83,6 @@
\q1
\v 21 People are able to kill others or keep them alive by means of what they say.
\q2 And there is danger for those who love the power of their speaking.
\b
\q1
\v 22 The one who finds a wife, finds something so good it is a gift to bless his life,
\q2 and it is Yahweh who gives him this wonderful gift.

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\q1
\v 4 Those who are wealthy easily find many friends,
but a poor person will find that his poverty separates him from the one friend he had.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 5 A person who lies in order to become a friend will be punished for taking advantage,
\q2 just as the one whose every word he speaks is a lie, he will not escape.
\b
\q1
\v 6 When a person is generous with their gifts, many people will ask for favors,
\q2 it seems that everyone is a friend of the one who gives many gifts.
@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ but a poor person will find that his poverty separates him from the one friend h
\q1
\v 13 A foolish child will ruin a father.
\q2 A wife who is always quarreling will upset her husband like water that is constantly dripping.
\b
\q1
\v 14 We can inherit houses and money from our parents,
\q2 but a sensible wife is from Yahweh.
@ -59,7 +56,6 @@ but a poor person will find that his poverty separates him from the one friend h
\q1
\v 15 The one who is lazy finds that sleep comes easily to him,
\q2 but anyone who refuses to work will go hungry.
\b
\q1
\v 16 The one who follows the command he was taught puts a guard over his life,
\q2 but the one who does not think about how he lives his life will die.
@ -67,7 +63,6 @@ but a poor person will find that his poverty separates him from the one friend h
\q1
\v 17 One who is kind to the poor, it is as if he were lending to Yahweh;
\q2 and Yahweh will pay him for what he did.
\b
\q1
\v 18 Train your children and give them discipline while it is still possible to rescue them;
\q2 but do not allow them to offend you so much that you consider taking their lives.
@ -79,7 +74,6 @@ but a poor person will find that his poverty separates him from the one friend h
\q1
\v 20 Pay attention to good guidance and let others teach you
\q2 so that you can become wise by the end of your life.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -110,7 +104,6 @@ but a poor person will find that his poverty separates him from the one friend h
\q1
\v 27 My son, if you will not listen to the teaching,
\q2 you will wander away from the words of knowledge.
\b
\s5
\q1

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\q1
\v 1 Wine makes you loud, and strong drink makes you foolish;
\q2 whoever lets alcohol lead them to where they get lost is not wise.
\b
\q1
\v 2 The king's wrath makes people as afraid as if they were facing a young lion roaring at them;
\q2 the person who makes a king angry is giving up his own life.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -24,7 +22,6 @@
\q1
\v 5 The purposes within a person's life are like waters in a deep well,
\q2 but a person who has understanding is able to draw them out.
\b
\q1
\v 6 Many people proclaim that they can be trusted to do what they promise,
\q2 but it is very difficult to find one who can really be trusted.
@ -40,7 +37,6 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 9 No one can truthfully say, "I have kept my heart pure, and I am free from my sins."
\b
\q1
\v 10 Uneven weights, improperly marked, and unequal measures, that favor the one who is selling,
\q2 Yahweh hates both of them.
@ -48,7 +44,6 @@
\q1
\v 11 Also, even a youth is known by how what he does,
\q2 it is clear whether what he does is pure and respectable or not.
\b
\q1
\v 12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—
\q2 Yahweh made them both.
@ -59,7 +54,6 @@
\q1
\v 14 "It is no good," the buyer says when he is bargaining with you about the price.
\q2 But after he buys it, he goes and boasts to his friends what a good price he bought it for.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -81,7 +75,6 @@
\q1
\v 19 A gossip tells secrets,
\q2 so stay away from people who talk too much.
\b
\q1
\v 20 If a person curses his father or his mother,
\q2 his life will be put out as a light that is snuffed out.
@ -96,7 +89,6 @@
\q1
\v 23 Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales
\q2 and weights that are not accurate.
\b
\q1
\v 24 Yahweh is the one who directs the way a person will go.
\q2 So then, how can someone understand where he is going?
@ -112,7 +104,6 @@
\q1
\v 27 The life-giving spirit within a man is the light shining from Yahweh within us,
\q2 it shines deep within and shows what is hidden deep inside us.
\b
\q1
\v 28 Love and faithfulness preserve the life of the king;
\q2 his throne is made strong by steadfast love.
@ -120,7 +111,6 @@
\q1
\v 29 The honor of young people is seen in how strong they are,
\q2 but the splendor of old people is in their gray hair.
\b
\q1
\v 30 When we are beaten, the wound that results may cleanse away evil,
\q2 and beatings make our inmost self clean.

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\q1
\v 1 The motives of the king are directed like a stream of water by Yahweh;
\q2 he diverts the king like he directs the flow of water, in any way he wants.
\b
\q1
\v 2 When a person looks at his own life, everything he does may seem right to him,
\q2 but what matters is what Yahweh thinks about what he does.
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 3 Doing what is right and just is more acceptable to Yahweh
\q2 than offering sacrifices to him.
\b
\q1
\v 4 When you show people that you think you are better than they,
\q2 and add to that the pride you have within you—this shines like a light and it tells others you are a wicked person—
@ -25,7 +22,6 @@
\q1
\v 5 Those who work hard and who carry out their plans will be successful,
\q2 but everyone who takes action too quickly and with little planning, make themselves poor.
\b
\q1
\v 6 When someone becomes rich because he tells lies,
\q2 that wealth fades away like the mist; that wealth will kill him.
@ -34,7 +30,6 @@
\q1
\v 7 When wicked people act with violence, they are destroyed by their own violence,
\q2 because they refuse to do what is right.
\b
\q1
\v 8 A guilty person follows a path covered with lies,
\q2 but the innocent chooses to do what is right.

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\q1
\v 1 Being a person who keeps his word is more important than having great riches,
\q2 and being a person who everyone respects for doing right, is better than having silver and gold.
\b
\q1
\v 2 People who are rich and people who are poor have at least one thing in common—
\q2 Yahweh made both of them.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -48,7 +46,6 @@
\v 11 When a person loves to do something just because he wants to do what is good and right—
\q2 he is sincere, and his speech is filled with kindness
\q2 —the king will be his friend.
\b
\q1
\v 12 Yahweh gives protection to knowledge, to keep it safe,
\q2 just as surely as he makes the lying promises of the betrayer fail.

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\s5
\q1
\v 26 Answering honestly—that is the best thing a person can do.
\b
\q1
\v 27 First, do the work that needs to be done outside,
\q2 and prepare your fields;

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\q1
\v 13 A messenger who is reliable and on time, gives delight to those who sent him,
\q2 to them he is like the cold of snow at harvest time, that refreshes the ground.
\b
\q1
\v 14 When someone boasts about a gift he is going to give, but never gives it,
\q2 he is like the clouds and the wind that do not bring rain.

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\q1
\v 1 Do not boast about what will happen tomorrow,
\q2 because you do not know what will come to you during that day.
\b
\q1
\v 2 Do not praise yourself; let someone else praise you.
\q2 It is better for someone you do not know to praise you,
@ -47,7 +46,6 @@
\q1
\v 11 My son, if you become wise, you will make me happy;
\q2 so I will be able to give an answer to anyone who argues against me.
\b
\q1
\v 12 One who has good sense takes cover when he sees trouble coming,
\q2 but those who have no experience or knowledge rush ahead into danger.

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\q1
\v 1 A wicked person runs away even when no one is coming after him,
\q2 but the one who does what is right is as brave as lions.
\b
\q1
\v 2 The more sin there is in a country, the greater the number of rulers it will have;
\q2 but when there is a ruler who has understanding and knowledge, the country can last a long time.
@ -44,7 +43,6 @@
\q1
\v 11 A rich person can think of himself as being wise,
\q2 but someone who is poor but who has good sense will be able to tell if the rich man is really wise.
\b
\q1
\v 12 When those who do what is right have a victory, it is a time to celebrate,
\q2 but when those who are wicked rise up in victory, people run and hide.
@ -69,7 +67,6 @@
\v 17 If a person is guilty of murdering another
\q2 he will live like a fugitive until he dies;
\q2 and no one will help him.
\b
\q1
\v 18 When a person lives his life and is blameless, Yahweh will keep him safe;
\q2 but one who lives by his lies will be suddenly ruined.
@ -93,7 +90,6 @@
\q1
\v 23 The one who rebukes a person will later be appreciated more
\q2 than the one who says nice things just to flatter him.
\b
\q1
\v 24 Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother
\q2 and says "That is not sinful,"
@ -102,7 +98,6 @@
\q1
\v 25 A greedy person stirs up arguments between people;
\q2 but the one who trusts in Yahweh will do well.
\b
\q1
\v 26 One who depends on himself is a fool,
\q2 those who make wise decisions escape danger.

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\v 25 When one is afraid of what people can do,
\q2 it is like setting a trap for himself.
\q2 but whoever trusts in Yahweh is safe.
\b
\q1
\v 26 Many people want to come before a ruler to get help from him,
\q2 but Yahweh is the only one who gives him true justice.

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\q1 the womb of a woman that never conceived a child;
\q1 soil that badly needs to be watered;
\q1 and a fire that burns hot and it never says, "The fire is hot enough!"
\b
\q1
\v 17 The one who dishonors his father,
\q2 and who disrespects and disobeys his mother.
@ -123,7 +122,6 @@
\q1
\v 28 Lizards are very small and you can hold them in your hand,
\q2 but they get inside kings' palaces.
\b
\s5
\q1

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\v 2 The Teacher says, "Nothing is permanent.
\q2 It is all like the morning mist or the wind;
\q2 It goes and comes, but for what reason?
\b
\q1
\v 3 What do people gain from all the work that they do here on the earth?"
@ -58,7 +57,6 @@
\v 12 I, the Teacher, have been the king of Israel for many years, ruling in Jerusalem.
\v 13 By using my wisdom, I concentrated on understanding everything that was being done on the earth. It is a task that wears me out, just like anyone else who tries it.
\v 14 It seems that nothing that happens on the earth really enables us to do anything useful. It is like trying to control the wind.
\b
\q1
\v 15 Many things that are crooked cannot be caused to become straight.
\q2 We cannot count things that we cannot see.

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\q1
\v 1 There is a right time for everything,
\q2 a time for everything that we do in this world.
\b
\q2
\v 2 There is the right time for any certain person to be born, and there is the right time for him to die.
\q2 There is the right time to plant crops, and there is the right time to harvest crops.
@ -34,7 +33,6 @@
\q2
\v 8 There is the right time when we should love things that people do, and there is the right time when we should hate things that people do.
\q2 There is the right time for war, and there is the right time for peace.
\b
\p
\v 9 What do people gain from all the work that they do?
\v 10 I have seen the work that God has given people to do.

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\s5
\p
\v 4 I also thought about all the hard work that people do and the things they are able to accomplish. And I thought about how someone who works hard sometimes makes his neighbor jealous. I decided that this also is something that is not accomplishing anything useful. It is like trying to control the wind.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
\v 6 So some say, "It is better to be content with working quietly for a little bit of money,
\q2 than to work anxiously and try to get a lot of money,
\q2 which is as useless as trying to control the wind."
\b
\s5
\p
@ -47,7 +45,6 @@
\q2 "Why am I working so hard; whom am I actually helping?
\q1 Why am I not doing things that I would enjoy doing?
\q2 What I have been doing seems useless." This is very bad.
\b
\s5
\q1

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\p
\v 1 Be careful when you approach God in his house. Listen well to him. That is better than offering sacrifices to him and then not obeying him, which is foolish.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -42,13 +41,11 @@
\q2 will never think that they have enough.
\q1 They will never be satisfied with the money that they have.
\q2 That fact also makes no sense.
\b
\q1
\v 11 The more money that people have,
\q2 the more they want to spend it.
\q1 People who have a lot of money do not benefit from it,
\q2 except to look at it and admire it.
\b
\s5
\q1
@ -56,7 +53,6 @@
\q2 even if they do not have much food to eat.
\q1 But rich people do not sleep well
\q2 because they worry about their money.
\b
\s5
\p

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