Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower (A)with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

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Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens,(A) so that we may make a name(B) for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered(C) over the face of the whole earth.”(D)

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28 Where are we going up? (A)Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, (B)“The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen (C)the sons of the Anakim there.”’

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28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller(A) than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites(B) there.’”

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44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and (A)do not seek the glory that comes from (B)the only God?

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44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[a]?(A)

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  1. John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One

51 (A)He has shown strength with his arm;
    (B)he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;

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51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;(A)
    he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.(B)

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11 (A)The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

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11 The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth.(A)

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(A)The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
    but (B)the name of the wicked will rot.

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The name of the righteous(A) is used in blessings,[a]
    but the name of the wicked(B) will rot.(C)

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  1. Proverbs 10:7 See Gen. 48:20.

11 Their (A)graves are their homes forever,[a]
    their dwelling places (B)to all generations,
    though they (C)called lands by their own names.
12 Man in his pomp (D)will not remain;
    (E)he is like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the path of those who have (F)foolish confidence;
    yet after them people approve of their boasts.[b] Selah

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  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever
  2. Psalm 49:13 Or and of those after them who approve of their boasts

11 Their tombs(A) will remain their houses[a] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,(B)
    though they had[b] named(C) lands after themselves.

12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure;(D)
    they are like the beasts that perish.(E)

13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,(F)
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.[c]

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  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain
  2. Psalm 49:11 Or generations, / for they have
  3. Psalm 49:13 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.

13 And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in (A)the Valley of Salt.

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13 And David became famous(A) after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites[a] in the Valley of Salt.(B)

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:13 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts Aram (that is, Arameans)

Not Because of Righteousness

“Hear, O Israel: you are (A)to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations (B)greater and mightier than you, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

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Not Because of Israel’s Righteousness

Hear, Israel: You are now about to cross the Jordan(A) to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you,(B) with large cities(C) that have walls up to the sky.(D)

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30 and the king answered and said, (A)“Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by (B)my mighty power as a royal residence and for (C)the glory of my majesty?”

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30 he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory(A) of my majesty?”(B)

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For behold, your enemies, O Lord,
    for behold, your enemies shall perish;
    all evildoers shall be (A)scattered.

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For surely your enemies(A), Lord,
    surely your enemies will perish;
    all evildoers will be scattered.(B)

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22 (A)it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. (B)Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, (C)and your dominion to the ends of the earth.

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22 Your Majesty, you are that tree!(A) You have become great and strong; your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth.(B)

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The Nephilim[a] were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

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  1. Genesis 6:4 Or giants

The Nephilim(A) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans(B) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.(C)

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