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14-2CH/01.usfm

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 \v 8 Solomon said to God, "You have shown great covenant faithfulness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
 \v 9 Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be carried out, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
 \v 10 Now give me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people, for who can judge your people, who are so many in number?"
-\v 11 God said to Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and because you have not asked for riches, wealth, or honor, nor for the life of those who hate you, nor for long life for yourself, but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you might rule my people, over whom I have made you king, I will do this:
+\v 11 God said to Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and because you have not asked for riches, wealth, or honor, nor for the life of those who hate you, nor for long life for yourself, but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you might rule my people, over whom I have made you king, and this is what I will do.
  
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 \v 12 I will now give you wisdom and knowledge. I will also give you riches, wealth, and honor, as none of the kings had before you, and none after you will have."

14-2CH/19.usfm

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 \v 8 Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and the priests, and some of the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel, for carrying out judgment for Yahweh, and for the sake of disputes. They lived in Jerusalem.
-\v 9 He instructed them, saying, "In reverence for Yahweh, faithfully, and with a perfect heart, this is what you will do:
+\v 9 He instructed them, saying, "You must serve in reverence for Yahweh, faithfully, and with your whole heart.
  
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 \v 10 Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, whether concerning bloodshed, whether about laws and commands, statutes or decrees, you must warn them, so they do not to become guilty before Yahweh, or anger will come toward you and toward your brothers. You shall do this and you will not be guilty.

15-EZR/02.usfm

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-\v 36 The priests: 
-The descendants of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua: 973.
+\v 36 The priests: descendants of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua: 973.
 \v 37 Immer's descendants: 1,052.
 \v 38 Pashhur's descendants: 1,247.
 \v 39 Harim's descendants: 1,017.
  
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-\v 40 The Levites: 
-The descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, descendants Hodaviah: seventy-four.
-\v 41 The temple singers: 
-Asaph's descendants: 128.
-\v 42 The descendants of the gatekeepers: 
-The descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai: 139 total.
+\v 40 The Levites: descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, descendants of Hodaviah: seventy-four.
+\v 41 The temple singers, descendants of Asaph: 128.
+\v 42 The descendants of the gatekeepers: descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai: 139 total.
  
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-\v 43 Those who were assigned to serve in the temple: 
-The descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
+\v 43 Those who were assigned to serve in the temple: descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
 \v 44 Keros, Siaha, Padon,
 \v 45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
-\v 46 Hagab, Shalmai, and Hanan;
+\v 46 Hagab, Shalmai, and Hanan.
  
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-\v 47 the descendants of Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
+\v 47 The descendants of Giddel: Gahar, Reaiah,
 \v 48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
 \v 49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
-\v 50 Asnah, Meunim, and Nephisim;
+\v 50 Asnah, Meunim, and Nephisim.
  
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-\v 51 the descendants of Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
+\v 51 The descendants of Bakbuk: Hakupha, Harhur,
 \v 52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
 \v 53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
 \v 54 Neziah, and Hatipha.
  
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-\v 55 The descendants of Solomon's servants: 
-The descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
+\v 55 The descendants of Solomon's servants: descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
 \v 56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,
 \v 57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth Hazzebaim, and Ami.
 \v 58 There were 392 total descendants of those assigned to serve in the temple and descendants of Solomon's servants.
  
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-\v 59 Those who left Tel Melah, Tel Charsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer—but were not able to prove their ancestry from Israel—included
-\v 60 652 descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.
+\v 59 Those who left Tel Melah, Tel Charsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer—but were not able to prove their ancestry from Israel
+\v 60 —included 652 descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.
  
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 \v 61 And of the priest's descendants: 

15-EZR/07.usfm

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-\v 1 After these things, during King Artaxerxes' reign, Ezra, whose ancestors were Seraiah, Azariah, Hilkiah,
+\v Now after this, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon. Ezra's ancestors were Seraiah, Azariah, Hilkiah,
 \v 2 Shallum, Zadok, Ahitub,
 \v 3 Amariah, Azariah, Meraioth,
 \v 4 Zerahiah, Uzzi, Bukki,
-\v 5 Abishua, Phinehas, Eleazar, then Aaron the high priest—
+\v 5 Abishua, Phinehas, Eleazar, who was son of Aaron the high priest.
  
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-\v 6 Ezra left from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses that Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given. The king gave him anything he asked since the hand of Yahweh was with him.
+\v 6 Ezra came up from Babylon and he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses that Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given. The king gave him anything he asked since the hand of Yahweh was with him.
 \v 7 Some of the descendants of Israel and the priests, Levites, temple singers, gatekeepers, and those assigned to serve in the temple also went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
  
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15-EZR/10.usfm

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 \v 26 Among the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
 \v 27 Among the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
 \v 28 Among the descendants of Bebai: Jehochanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
-\v 29 Among the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal Jeremoth.
-\f + \ft Instead of \fqa Bani \fqb , some modern versions have \fqa Bigvai \fqb . \f*
+\v 29 Among the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal Jeremoth. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa Bani \fqb , some modern versions have \fqa Bigvai \fqb . \f*
  
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 \v 30 Among the descendants of Pahath Moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.

18-JOB/27.usfm

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 \v 1 Job resumed speaking and said,
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-\v 2 "As God lives, who has taken away my justice,
-\q the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
+\v 2 "As God lives, has taken away my justice,
+\q the Almighty, who made my life bitter,
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-\v 3 for as long as my life is yet in me
-\q and breath from God is in my nostrils,
+\v 3 as long as my life is yet in me
+\q and breath from God is in my nostrils.
  
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-\v 4 surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness,
+\v 4 Surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness,
 \q neither will my tongue speak deceit.
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-\v 5 Far be it from me that I should admit that you are right;
-\q until I die, I will never deny my integrity.
+\v 5 I will never admit that you are right;
+\q until I die I will never deny my integrity.
  
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18-JOB/31.usfm

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 \v 5 If I have walked with falsehood,
 \q if my foot has hurried to deceit,
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-\v 6 (let me be weighed in an even balance
-\q so that God will know my integrity)
+\v 6 let me be weighed in an even balance
+\q so that God will know my integrity.
  
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 \v 17 or if I have eaten my morsel alone
 \q and not allowed those without fathers to eat it also—
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-\v 18 (instead, from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father,
-\q and I have guided his mother, a widow, from my own mother's womb)—
+\v 18 because from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father,
+\q and I have guided his mother, a widow, from my own mother's womb.
  
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-\v 19 if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
+\v 19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
 \q or if I have seen that a needy man had no clothing;
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 \v 20 if his heart has not blessed me
 \q because he has not been warmed with the wool of my sheep,
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 \v 21 if I have lifted up my hand against fatherless people
-\q because I saw my support in the city gate—
+\q because I saw my support in the city gate, 
+\q then bring charges against me!
  
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-\v 22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade,
-\q and let my arm be broken from its joint.
+\v 22 If I am guilty, then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade,
+\q and let my arm be broken from its joint
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-\v 23 For calamity from God would be a terror to me;
-\q because of his majesty, I could do none of these things.
+\v 23 For I dreaded destruction from God;
+\q because of the thought of his majesty, 
+\q I could do have done those things.
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 \q and if I have said to fine gold, 'You are what I am confident in';
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 \v 25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,
-\q because my hand had gotten many possessions;
+\q because my hand had gotten many possessions, 
+\q then bring charges against me!
  
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-\v 26 if I have seen the sun when it shone,
+\v 26 If I have seen the sun when it shone,
 \q or the moon walking in its brightness,
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 \v 27 and if my heart has been secretly attracted,
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 \v 29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of anyone who hated me
-\q or congratulated myself when disaster overtook him—
+\q or congratulated myself when disaster overtook him, 
+\q then bring charges against me!
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-\v 30 (indeed, I have not allowed my mouth to sin
-\q by asking for his life with a curse)
+\v 30 Indeed, I have not even allowed my mouth to sin
+\q by asking for his life with a curse.
  
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-\v 31 if the men of my tent have never said,
+\v 31 If the men of my tent have not said,
 \q 'Who can find one who has not been filled with Job's food?'
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-\v 32 (the foreigner never had to stay in the city square;
-\q instead, I always opened my doors to the traveler)
+\v 32 (even the foreigner has never had to stay in the city square,
+\q because I have always opened my doors to the traveler), and if that is not so,  then bring charges against me!
  
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-\v 33 if, like mankind, I have hidden my sins
-\q by hiding my guilt inside my tunic
+\v 33 If, like mankind, I have hidden my sins
+\q by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
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-\v 34 —because I feared the great multitude,
+\v 34 and if I did this because I stood in great fear of the multitude,
 \q because the contempt of families terrified me,
-\q so that I kept silent and did not go outside of my house.
+\q so that I kept silent and would not go outside, 
+\q then bring charges against me!
  
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