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12 I was at ease, and he broke me in two;
    he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his target;(A)

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12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(A)
He has made me his target;(B)

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11 he led me off my way and tore me to pieces;
    he has made me desolate;
12 he bent his bow and set me
    as a mark for his arrow.(A)

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11 he dragged me from the path and mangled(A) me
    and left me without help.
12 He drew his bow(B)
    and made me the target(C) for his arrows.(D)

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20 If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity?
    Why have you made me your target?
    Why have I become a burden to you?(A)

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20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,(A)
    you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?(B)
    Have I become a burden to you?[a](C)

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  1. Job 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.

He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
    he has broken my bones;(A)

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He has made my skin and my flesh grow old(A)
    and has broken my bones.(B)

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19 yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals
    and covered us with deep darkness.(A)

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19 But you crushed(A) us and made us a haunt for jackals;(B)
    you covered us over with deep darkness.(C)

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who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but also all the churches of the gentiles.

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They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

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44 The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”[a]

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  1. 21.44 Other ancient authorities lack 21.44

44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts do not have verse 44.

when they grasped you with the hand, you broke
    and tore all their shoulders,
and when they leaned on you, you broke
    and made all their legs give way.[a](A)

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  1. 29.7 Syr: Heb stand

When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered(A) and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.[a](B)

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  1. Ezekiel 29:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Vulgate); Hebrew and you caused their backs to stand

18 Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
    and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;[a](A)
19 my roots spread out to the waters,
    with the dew all night on my branches;(B)

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  1. 29.18 Or like sand

18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
    my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(A)
19 My roots will reach to the water,(B)
    and the dew will lie all night on my branches.(C)

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when his lamp shone over my head,
    and by his light I walked through darkness,(A)

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when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!(A)

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26 running stubbornly against him
    with a thickly bossed shield;

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26 defiantly charging against him
    with a thick, strong shield.(A)

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17 For he crushes me with a tempest
    and multiplies my wounds without cause;(A)

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17 He would crush me(A) with a storm(B)
    and multiply(C) my wounds for no reason.(D)

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12 Am I the Sea or the Dragon
    that you set a guard over me?(A)

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12 Am I the sea,(A) or the monster of the deep,(B)
    that you put me under guard?(C)

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