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Then the accuser[a] answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing?(A)

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  1. 1.9 Heb the satan

“Does Job fear God for nothing?”(A) Satan replied.

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26 For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

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26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

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Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment,(A)

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But godliness with contentment(A) is great gain.(B)

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for, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.(A)

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For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things,(A) holding promise for both the present life(B) and the life to come.(C)

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14 They say to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    We do not desire to know your ways.(A)
15 What is the Almighty,[a] that we should serve him?
    And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’(B)

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  1. 21.15 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(A)
    We have no desire to know your ways.(B)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
    What would we gain by praying to him?’(C)

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10 But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive good from God and not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.(A)

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10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(A)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(B)

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  1. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

21 He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”(A)

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21 and said:

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I will depart.[a](A)
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;(B)
    may the name of the Lord be praised.”(C)

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  1. Job 1:21 Or will return there

10 Oh, that someone among you would shut the temple[a] doors, so that you would not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hands.(A)

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  1. 1.10 Heb lacks temple

10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors,(A) so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased(B) with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept(C) no offering(D) from your hands.

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