Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

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His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(A) Curse God and die!”(B)

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But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,(A) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(B)

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And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

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Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.(A) And he still maintains his integrity,(B) though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”(C)

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14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

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14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(A) to serve(B) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(C) and going about like mourners(D) before the Lord Almighty?

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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

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When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable(A) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,(B) who was with her, and he ate it.(C)

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14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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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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11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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11 But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has,(A) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(B)

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33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?

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33 While he was still talking to them, the messenger came down to him.

The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait(A) for the Lord any longer?”

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12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

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12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me(A)—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

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For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

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As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods,(A) and his heart was not fully devoted(B) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

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