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 \q2 and that he would not continue to terrify me.
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 \v 35 If he did that, I would declare that I am innocent without being afraid of him
-\q2 because I know within myself that I really have not done what is wrong as God thinks that I have.
+\q2 because I know within myself that I really have not done what is wrong, as God thinks that I have.
 
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@@ -832,12 +832,12 @@
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 \v 4 Do you understand things the way that we humans do?
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-\v 5 Do you live for only a few years, like [as] we do?
+\v 5 Do you live for only a few years, as we do?
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 \v 6 So why do you continue to search for my faults
 \q2 and to hunt for my sins?
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-\v 7 You know that I am not guilty,
+\v 7 You know that I am not guilty
 \q2 and that no one can rescue me from your power.
 
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@@ -880,26 +880,26 @@
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 \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.
+\q2 It is as though you are always bringing new troops to attack me.
 
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 \v 18 God, why did you allow me to be born?
-\q2 I wish had died when I was born, and that no one had ever seen me.
+\q2 I wish I had died when I was born and that no one had ever seen me.
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 \v 19 I think it would have been better if I had been carried directly from my mother's womb to the grave
 \q2 than for me to live.
 
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-\v 20 I think that there are only a few days for me to remain alive;
-\q2 so allow me to be alone, in order that I may have a little peace
+\v 20 I think that there are only a few days for me to remain alive,
+\q2 so allow me to be alone so that I may have a little peace
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 \v 21 before I go to the place from which I will never return,
-\q2 [a place] where it is always gloomy and very dark,
+\q2 where it is always gloomy and very dark—
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 \v 22 a place of darkness and dark shadows where everything is confused
-\q2 [and] where even the small light there is like darkness.'"
+\q2 and where even the small light there is like darkness.'"
 
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@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@
 \v 1 Then Zophar, the friend from the region of Naamah, said this to Job:
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 \v 2 "Should no one answer all that you have said?
-\q2 Just because you talk a lot, that fact should not persuade us to declare that you are innocent.
+\q2 Just because you talk much, that fact should not persuade us to declare that you are innocent.
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 \v 3 Job, should your babbling really cause us to be silent?
 \q2 When you make fun of what we think, certainly there should be someone to rebuke you and cause you to be ashamed!
@@ -929,9 +929,9 @@
 \v 7 Tell me, will you ever be able to find out the things about God that are very difficult to understand?
 \q2 Will you be able to find out everything that there is to know about Almighty God?
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-\v 8 What there is to know about God is greater than the distance from earth to heaven;
+\v 8 What there is to know about God is greater than the distance from earth to heaven,
 \q2 so there is no way that you can understand it all.
-\q1 It is greater than the distance from here to the place of the dead;
+\q1 It is greater than the distance from here to the place of the dead,
 \q2 so it is impossible for you to know it all.
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 \v 9 What there is to know about God is wider than the earth
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@
 \v 10 If God comes to you and puts you in prison and then brings you to a trial,
 \q2 who can stop him?
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-\v 11 He knows which people are worthless;
+\v 11 He knows which people are worthless,
 \q2 and when he sees people doing wicked things, he certainly does not ignore them.
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 \v 12 Stupid people like you will start to become wise
@@ -953,23 +953,23 @@
 \v 13 Job, repent and make your heart humble;
 \q2 reach out your hands toward God and plead with him.
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-\v 14 If you have done evil things, stop doing them;
+\v 14 If you have done evil things, stop doing them,
 \q2 and do not allow any people in your house to do wicked deeds.
 
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-\v 15 If you do that, surely you will be able to carry your head high, because you will not be ashamed;
+\v 15 If you do that, surely you will be able to carry your head high because you will not be ashamed;
 \q2 you will be strong and not afraid of anything.
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-\v 16 You will forget all your troubles;
+\v 16 You will forget all of your troubles;
 \q2 they will be like the water that has all flowed away and dried up.
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-\v 17 Your troubles will be ended, like the darkness ends at the dawn;
-\q2 it will be as though the sun were shining brightly on you, like it shines at noon.
+\v 17 Your troubles will be ended, as the darkness ends at the dawn;
+\q2 it will be as though the sun were shining brightly on you, as it shines at noon.
 
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-\v 18 You will feel safe, because you will be confident that good things will happen to you;
+\v 18 You will feel safe because you will be confident that good things will happen to you;
 \q2 God will protect you and allow you to rest safely each night.
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 \v 19 You will lie down to sleep, and no one will make you afraid.
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 \v 20 But wicked people will not be able to understand why bad things are happening to them;
 \q2 they will not have any way to escape from their troubles.
-\q2 The only thing that they will want to do is to die. "
+\q2 The only thing that they will want to do is to die."
 
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 \v 1 Then Job said to his three friends,
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-\v 2 "There is no doubt that you are the people to whom everyone should listen,
+\v 2 "There is no doubt that you are the people to whom everyone should listen
 \q2 and that when you die, there will be no more wise people alive.
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 \v 3 But I have as much good sense as you do;
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 \v 7 But ask the wild animals what they know about God;
-\q2 if they could speak they would teach you.
+\q2 if they could speak, they would teach you.
 \q1 If you could ask the birds,
 \q2 they would tell you.
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-\v 8 If you could ask the creatures that crawl on the ground, or the fish in the sea,
+\v 8 If you could ask the creatures that crawl on the ground or the fish in the sea,
 \q2 they would tell you about God.
 
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 \v 11 When we hear what people like you say,
 \q2 we think carefully about what they say to determine what is good and what is bad,
-\q2 like we taste food to know what is good and what is bad.
+\q2 as we taste food to know what is good and what is bad.
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 \v 12 Old people are usually very wise;
 \q2 because they have lived a long time, they understand much.
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 \q2 he has good sense and understands everything.
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 \v 14 If he tears something down, no one can rebuild it;
-\q2 if he puts someone in prison, no one can open the door to let that person to escape.
+\q2 if he puts someone in prison, no one can open the door to let that person escape.
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 \v 15 When he prevents rain from falling, everything dries up.
-\q2 When he causes a lot of rain to fall, the result is that there are floods.
+\q2 When he causes much rain to fall, the result is that there are floods.
 
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 \v 16 He is the one who is truly strong and wise;
 \q2 he rules over those who deceive others and those whom they deceive.
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-\v 17 He sometimes causes the king's officials to lose their wisdom and grieve because of it'
+\v 17 He sometimes causes the king's officials to lose their wisdom and grieve because of it,
 \q2 and he causes judges to become foolish.
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 \v 18 He takes from kings the ornaments that they wear
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 \v 24 He causes some rulers to become foolish,
-\q2 and then he causes them to wander around, lost, as if they were in the wilderness with no way out.
+\q2 and then he causes them to wander around lost, as if they were in the wilderness with no way out.
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-\v 25 It is as if they were feeling around in the darkness, without any light;
+\v 25 It is as if they were feeling around in the darkness, without any light—
 \q2 as if they were drunk, not knowing what they should do."
 
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