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And even if it is true that I have erred,
    my error remains with me.(A)

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If it is true that I have gone astray,
    my error(A) remains my concern alone.

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12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
    if you scoff, you alone will bear it.(A)

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12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
    if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

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For all must carry their own loads.

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for each one should carry their own load.(A)

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10 For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive due recompense for actions done in the body, whether good or evil.(A)

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10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us(A) for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

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Know that all lives are mine; the life of the parent as well as the life of the child is mine: it is only the person who sins who shall die.(A)

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For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins(A) is the one who will die.(B)

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Should your babble put others to silence,
    and when you mock, shall no one shame you?(A)
For you say, ‘My conduct[a] is pure,
    and I am clean in God’s[b] sight.’(B)
But O that God would speak
    and open his lips to you
and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
    For wisdom is many-sided.[c]
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 11.4 Gk: Heb teaching
  2. 11.4 Heb your
  3. 11.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain

Will your idle talk(A) reduce others to silence?
    Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(B)
You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(C)
    and I am pure(D) in your sight.’
Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(E)
    that he would open his lips against you
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(F)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(G)

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17 When David saw the angel who was destroying the people, he said to the Lord, “I alone have sinned, and I, the shepherd, have done evil,[a] but these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”(A)

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  1. 24.17 Q ms Gk: MT reads I alone have done wickedly

17 When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the Lord, “I have sinned; I, the shepherd,[a] have done wrong. These are but sheep.(A) What have they done?(B) Let your hand fall on me and my family.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 24:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.