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“Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!

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The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language(A) they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

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Young people,[a] it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:9 Hebrew Young man.

You who are young, be happy while you are young,
    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
    and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you into judgment.(A)

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The Tower of Babel

11 At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.

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The Tower of Babel

11 Now the whole world had one language(A) and a common speech.

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22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings[a] have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”

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  1. 3:22 Or the man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.

22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,(A) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life(B) and eat, and live forever.”

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51 His mighty arm has done tremendous things!
    He has scattered the proud and haughty ones.

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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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The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.

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The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,(A) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.(B)

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26 From one man[a] he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

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  1. 17:26 Greek From one; other manuscripts read From one blood.

26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(A)

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Psalm 2

Why are the nations so angry?
    Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
The kings of the earth prepare for battle;
    the rulers plot together
against the Lord
    and against his anointed one.
“Let us break their chains,” they cry,
    “and free ourselves from slavery to God.”

But the one who rules in heaven laughs.
    The Lord scoffs at them.

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Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire[a]
    and the peoples plot(A) in vain?
The kings(B) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,(C) saying,
“Let us break their chains(D)
    and throw off their shackles.”(E)

The One enthroned(F) in heaven laughs;(G)
    the Lord scoffs at them.

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage

27 About noontime Elijah began mocking them. “You’ll have to shout louder,” he scoffed, “for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself.[a] Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!”

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  1. 18:27 Or is busy somewhere else, or is engaged in business.

27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”(A)

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14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!”

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14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save(A) you when you are in trouble!(B)

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19 From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.

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19 These were the three sons of Noah,(A) and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.(B)

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21 And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.

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21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(A) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(B) because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(C) And never again will I destroy(D) all living creatures,(E) as I have done.

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  1. Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for