They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.(A)
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.(B)

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“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.(A)
    They walk about in darkness;(B)
    all the foundations(C) of the earth are shaken.

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19 A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.(A)

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19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,(A)
    but the path of the upright is a highway.

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17 The highway of the upright(A) avoids evil;
the one who guards his way protects his life.(B)

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17 The highway of the upright avoids evil;
    those who guard their ways preserve their lives.(A)

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19 This is the judgment: The light(A) has come into the world,(B) and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates(C) the light and avoids it,[a] so that his deeds(D) may not be exposed.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:20 Lit and does not come to the light

19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(C)

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