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Ecclesiastes 2:20
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Ecclesiastes 2:20
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20 So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun,(A)
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Ecclesiastes 2:20
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Ecclesiastes 2:20
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20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.
1 Thessalonians 3:3-4
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1 Thessalonians 3:3-4
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3 so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions. Indeed, you yourselves know that this is what we are destined for.(A) 4 In fact, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer persecution; so it turned out, as you know.
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1 Thessalonians 3:3-4
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3 so that no one would be unsettled by these trials.(A) For you know quite well that we are destined for them.(B) 4 In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.(C)
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
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2 Corinthians 1:8-10
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8 We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, of the affliction we experienced in Asia, for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.(A) 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He who rescued us from so deadly a peril will continue to rescue us;[a] on him we have set our hope that he will rescue us again,(B)
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- 1.10 Other ancient authorities read is rescuing us or lack the phrase
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
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2 Corinthians 1:8-10
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8 We do not want you to be uninformed,(A) brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced(B) in the province of Asia.(C) We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God,(D) who raises the dead.(E) 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,(F) and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope(G) that he will continue to deliver us,
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- 2 Corinthians 1:8 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 8:1; 13:11.
1 Corinthians 15:19
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1 Corinthians 15:19
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19 If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
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1 Corinthians 15:19
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19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.(A)
Psalm 39:6-7
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Psalm 39:6-7
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6 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
they heap up and do not know who will gather.(A)
7 “And now, O Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in you.(B)
Job 17:11-15
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Job 17:11-15
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11 My days are past; my plans are broken off,
the desires of my heart.(A)
12 They make night into day;
‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’[a]
13 If I look for Sheol as my house,
if I spread my couch in darkness,(B)
14 if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’(C)
15 where then is my hope?
Who will see my hope?(D)
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- 17.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 17:11-15
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Job 17:11-15
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11 My days have passed,(A) my plans are shattered.
Yet the desires of my heart(B)
12 turn night into day;(C)
in the face of the darkness light is near.(D)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(E)
if I spread out my bed(F) in the realm of darkness,(G)
14 if I say to corruption,(H) ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm,(I) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope—(J)
who can see any hope for me?(K)
Genesis 43:14
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Genesis 43:14
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14 may God Almighty[a] grant you mercy before the man, so that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”(A)
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- 43.14 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
Genesis 43:14
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Genesis 43:14
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14 And may God Almighty[a](A) grant you mercy(B) before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you.(C) As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”(D)
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- Genesis 43:14 Hebrew El-Shaddai
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