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16 When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” Saul lifted up his voice and wept.(A)

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16 When David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that your voice,(A) David my son?” And he wept aloud.

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17 Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.”(A)

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17 Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is that your voice,(A) David my son?”

David replied, “Yes it is, my lord the king.”

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10 But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit[a] with which he spoke.(A)

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  1. 6.10 Or spirit

10 But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.(A)

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15 for I will give you words[a] and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.(A)

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  1. 21.15 Gk a mouth

15 For I will give you(A) words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

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15 A soft answer turns away wrath,
    but a harsh word stirs up anger.(A)

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15 A gentle answer(A) turns away wrath,(B)
    but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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25 How forceful are honest words!
    But your reproof, what does it reprove?(A)

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25 How painful are honest words!(A)
    But what do your arguments prove?

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But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.(A)

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But Esau(A) ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.(B) And they wept.(C)

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11 A word fitly spoken
    is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.(A)

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11 Like apples[a] of gold in settings of silver(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:11 Or possibly apricots