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25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things.(A)

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25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.(A)

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Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;
    your burnt offerings are continually before me.(A)
I will not accept a bull from your house
    or goats from your folds.(B)
10 For every wild animal of the forest is mine,
    the cattle on a thousand hills.(C)
11 I know all the birds of the air,[a]
    and all that moves in the field is mine.

12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
    for the world and all that is in it is mine.(D)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

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  1. 50.11 Gk Syr Tg: Heb mountains

I bring no charges(A) against you concerning your sacrifices
    or concerning your burnt offerings,(B) which are ever before me.
I have no need of a bull(C) from your stall
    or of goats(D) from your pens,(E)
10 for every animal of the forest(F) is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.(G)
11 I know every bird(H) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields(I) are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world(J) is mine, and all that is in it.(K)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

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then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground[a] and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(A)

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  1. 2.7 In Heb the word for ground resembles the word for man

Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[a](B) from the dust(C) of the ground(D) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(E) of life,(F) and the man became a living being.(G)

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  1. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

35 “Or who has given a gift to him,
    to receive a gift in return?”

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35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

28 For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said,

‘For we, too, are his offspring.’(A)

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28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a](A) As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[b]

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  1. Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
  2. Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus

Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people upon it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:(A)

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This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth(B) with all that springs from it,(C)
    who gives breath(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

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The spirit of God has made me,
    and the breath of the Almighty[a] gives me life.(A)

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  1. 33.4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

The Spirit(A) of God has made me;(B)
    the breath of the Almighty(C) gives me life.(D)

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If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him?
    And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?(A)
If you are righteous, what do you give to him,
    or what does he receive from your hand?(B)

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If you sin, how does that affect him?
    If your sins are many, what does that do to him?(A)
If you are righteous, what do you give to him,(B)
    or what does he receive(C) from your hand?(D)

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27 These all look to you
    to give them their food in due season;(A)
28 when you give to them, they gather it up;
    when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
    when you take away their breath, they die
    and return to their dust.(B)
30 When you send forth your spirit,[a] they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.(C)

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  1. 104.30 Or your breath

27 All creatures look to you
    to give them their food(A) at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied(B) with good things.
29 When you hide your face,(C)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.(D)
30 When you send your Spirit,(E)
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

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“Can a mortal be of use to God?
    Can even the wisest be of service to him?(A)

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“Can a man be of benefit to God?(A)
    Can even a wise person benefit him?(B)

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17 As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(A)

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17 Command those who are rich(A) in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth,(B) which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God,(C) who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(D)

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as long as my breath is in me
    and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

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as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God(A) in my nostrils,

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Jerusalem’s Victory

12 An Oracle.

The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within:(A)

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Jerusalem’s Enemies to Be Destroyed

12 A prophecy:(A) The word of the Lord concerning Israel.

The Lord, who stretches out the heavens,(B) who lays the foundation of the earth,(C) and who forms the human spirit within a person,(D) declares:

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