Several changes from many, Jim Pohlig and Chris J, and ...

18-JOB/12.usfm

@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
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 \v 9 Which animal among all these does not know
-\q that the hand of Yahweh has done this—given them life—
+\q that the hand of Yahweh has done this?
 \q
-\v 10 Yahweh, in whose hand is the life of every living thing
+\v 10 In his hand is the life of every living thing
-\q and the breath of all mankind?
+\q and the breath of all mankind.
 
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@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
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 \v 13 With God are wisdom and might;
-\q he has good thoughts and understanding.
+\q he has counsel and understanding.
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 \v 14 See, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again;
 \q if he imprisons someone, there can be no release.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 \v 19 He leads priests away barefoot in sorrow
 \q and overthrows mighty people.
 \q
-\v 20 He removes the speech of people who are trustworthy
+\v 20 He removes the speech of those who had been trusted
 \q and takes away the understanding of the elders.
 \q
 \v 21 He pours contempt upon princes

18-JOB/13.usfm

@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 
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-\v 9 Would it really be good for you if he as judge should turn on you and examine you instead?
+\v 9 Would it really be good for you when he searches you out? 
-\q Or like someone deceives someone else, would you really misrepresent him in court?
+\q Could you deceive him as you might deceive men?
 \q
 \v 10 He would surely reprove you
-\q if you secretly showed favoritism to him.
+\q if in secret you showed partiality.
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 \v 11 Would not his majesty make you afraid?

18-JOB/14.usfm

@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
 \v 20 You always defeat him, and he passes away;
 \q you change his face and send him away to die.
 \q
-\v 21 His sons may come to honor, but he does not know it;
+\v 21 If his sons are honored, he does not know it;
-\q they may be brought low, but he does not see it happen.
+\q and if they are brought low, he does not see it.
 \q
 \v 22 He feels only the pain of his own body,
 \q and he mourns for himself.

18-JOB/19.usfm

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
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-\v 5 If indeed you will boast against me
+\v 5 If indeed you will exalt yourselves above me
-\q and convince everyone that I am disgraced,
+\q and use my humiliation against me, 
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 \v 6 then you should know that God has done wrong to me
 \q and has caught me in his net.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
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-\v 7 See, I call out to say that I have been done wrong, but I am not heard;
+\v 7 See, I cry out, "Violence!" but I get no answer.
 \q I call out for help, but there is no justice.
 \q
 \v 8 He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
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 \v 17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
-\q my pleas are loathsome to my own brothers and sisters.
+\q I am even disgusting to those who were born from my mother's womb.
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 \v 18 Even young children despise me;
 \q if I rise to speak, they speak against me.
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@
 \v 26 after my skin, that is, this body, is destroyed,
 \q then in my flesh I will see God.
 \q
-\v 27 I will see him, I myself will see him on my side;
+\v 27 I will see him myself;
-\q my eyes will see him, and not as a stranger.
+\q my eyes—and not someone else—will see him.
-\q My kidneys fail within me.
+\q My kidneys fail within me
 
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18-JOB/21.usfm

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
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 \v 1 Then Job answered and said,
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-\v 2 "Hear diligently my speech,
+\v 2 "Listen carefully to my words,
-\q and let this be your consolations.
+\q and let this be the comfort you offer to me.
 \q
 \v 3 Put up with me, and I also will speak;
 \q after I have spoken, mock on.
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 \v 5 Look at me and be astonished,
 \q and lay your hand upon your mouth.
 \q
-\v 6 When I think about my sufferings, I am troubled,
+\v 6 When I think about my sufferings, I am terrified,
-\q and horror takes hold of my flesh.
+\q and trembling seizes my body.
 
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23-ISA/22.usfm

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 \v 3 All your rulers fled away together, but they were caught without a bow,
-\q1 all of them were caught and captured together; they had fled from far away.
+\q1 all of them were caught captured together; they had fled from far away.
 \q1
 \v 4 Therefore I said, "Do not look at me, I will weep bitterly;
 \q1 do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people."

23-ISA/64.usfm

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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 \q1
-\v 1 "Oh, if you had split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would have shook at your presence,
+\v 1 "Oh, if you had split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would have shaken at your presence,
 \q1
 \v 2 as when fire kindles the brushwood, or the fire makes water boil.
 \q1 Oh, that your name would be known by your

41-MAT/12.usfm

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
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 \v 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How will his kingdom stand?
-\v 27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? Because of this, they will be your judges.
+\v 27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Because of this? For this reason they will be your judges.
 
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 \v 28 But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

43-LUK/18.usfm

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 \v 22 When Jesus heard that, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. You must sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me."
-\v 23 But when the rich man heard these things, he became extremely sad, for he was very rich.
+\v 23 But when the ruler heard these things, he became extremely sad, for he was very rich.
 
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 \v 24 Then Jesus, seeing him, became very sad \f + \ft Scholars are divided whether the phrase: "[he] became very sad," should be included here. Compare vs 23. \fqa \f* and said, "How difficult it is for those who are rich to enter the kingdom of God!

43-LUK/24.usfm

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 \v 48 You are witnesses of these things.
-\v 49 See, I am sending upon you what my Father promised. But remain in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."
+\v 49 See, I am sending you what my Father promised. But remain in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."
 
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