21 (A)Do you not know? Do you not hear?
    Has it not been told you from the beginning?
    Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

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21 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(A)
Has it not been told(B) you from the beginning?(C)
    Have you not understood(D) since the earth was founded?(E)

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“Remember this and stand firm,
    recall it to mind, (A)you transgressors,

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“Remember(A) this, keep it in mind,
    take it to heart, you rebels.(B)

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(A)The heavens declare his righteousness,
    for (B)God himself is judge! Selah

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And the heavens proclaim(A) his righteousness,
    for he is a God of justice.[a][b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:6 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text for God himself is judge
  2. Psalm 50:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

17 Yet (A)he did not leave himself without witness, for he (B)did good by (C)giving you rains from heaven and (D)fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with (E)food and (F)gladness.”

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17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony:(A) He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons;(B) he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”(C)

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13 My hand (A)laid the foundation of the earth,
    and my right hand (B)spread out the heavens;
(C)when I call to them,
    they stand forth together.

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13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,(A)
    and my right hand spread out the heavens;(B)
when I summon them,
    they all stand up together.(C)

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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.

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28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over(A) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

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19 For what can be (A)known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, (B)have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[a] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they (C)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

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  1. Romans 1:20 Or clearly perceived from the creation of the world

19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.(A) 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made,(B) so that people are without excuse.(C)

21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.(D)

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(A)Those who make them become like them;
    so do all who trust in them.

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Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

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God's Righteousness Upheld

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way. To begin with, (A)the Jews were entrusted with (B)the oracles of God.

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God’s Faithfulness

What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way!(A) First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.(B)

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(A)They are both (B)stupid and foolish;
    the instruction of idols is but wood!
(C)Beaten silver is brought from (D)Tarshish,
    and gold from (E)Uphaz.
(F)They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
    their clothing is violet and purple;
    (G)they are all the work of skilled men.
10 (H)But the Lord is the true God;
    (I)he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
    and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

11 Thus shall you say to them: (J)“The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth (K)shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”[a]

12 (L)It is he who (M)made the earth by his power,
    (N)who established the world by his wisdom,
    and (O)by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

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  1. Jeremiah 10:11 This verse is in Aramaic

They are all senseless(A) and foolish;(B)
    they are taught by worthless wooden idols.(C)
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish(D)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made(E)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.
10 But the Lord is the true God;
    he is the living God,(F) the eternal King.(G)
When he is angry,(H) the earth trembles;(I)
    the nations cannot endure his wrath.(J)

11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(K) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]

12 But God made(L) the earth(M) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom(N)
    and stretched out the heavens(O) by his understanding.

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  1. Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.

13 and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
    (A)who stretched out the heavens
    and (B)laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
    because of the wrath of (C)the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
    And where is the wrath of (D)the oppressor?

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13 that you forget(A) the Lord your Maker,(B)
    who stretches out the heavens(C)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror(D) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?(E)

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20 (A)He feeds on (B)ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not (C)a lie in my right hand?”

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20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(A) a deluded(B) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(C)

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11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
    women come and make a fire of them.
(A)For this is a people without discernment;
    therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
    he who formed them will show them no favor.

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11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off(A)
    and women come and make fires(B) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;(C)
    so their Maker has no compassion on them,
    and their Creator(D) shows them no favor.(E)

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