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11 Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to a band of outlaws who come from who knows where?”

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11 Why should I take my bread(A) and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”

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But the officials of Succoth replied, “Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your army.”

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But the officials of Sukkoth(A) said, “Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread(B) to your troops?”(C)

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10 Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.

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10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good(A) to all people, especially to those who belong to the family(B) of believers.

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Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.

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Offer hospitality(A) to one another without grumbling.(B)

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We are ignored, even though we are well known. We live close to death, but we are still alive. We have been beaten, but we have not been killed.

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known, yet regarded as unknown; dying,(A) and yet we live on;(B) beaten, and yet not killed;

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29 We know God spoke to Moses, but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”

30 “Why, that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don’t know where he comes from?

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29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”(A)

30 The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.

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The Uncertainties of Life

11 Send your grain across the seas,
    and in time, profits will flow back to you.[a]
But divide your investments among many places,[b]
    for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:1 Or Give generously, / for your gifts will return to you later. Hebrew reads Throw your bread on the waters, / for after many days you will find it again.
  2. 11:2 Hebrew among seven or even eight.

Invest in Many Ventures

11 Ship(A) your grain across the sea;
    after many days you may receive a return.(B)
Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;
    you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

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These fat cats have everything
    their hearts could ever wish for!
They scoff and speak only evil;
    in their pride they seek to crush others.

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From their callous hearts(A) comes iniquity[a];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.
They scoff, and speak with malice;(B)
    with arrogance(C) they threaten oppression.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat

17 Have I been stingy with my food
    and refused to share it with orphans?

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17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(A)

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14 Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s servants went to Abigail and told her, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed insults at them. 15 These men have been very good to us, and we never suffered any harm from them. Nothing was stolen from us the whole time they were with us.

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14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings,(A) but he hurled insults at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat(B) us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing.(C)

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This man’s name was Nabal, and his wife, Abigail, was a sensible and beautiful woman. But Nabal, a descendant of Caleb, was crude and mean in all his dealings.

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His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail.(A) She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.(B)

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13 As that old proverb says, ‘From evil people come evil deeds.’ So you can be sure I will never harm you.

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13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,(A)’ so my hand will not touch you.

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17 He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’

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17 You may say to yourself,(A) “My power and the strength of my hands(B) have produced this wealth for me.”

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