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33 Will he then pay back to suit you
    because you reject it?
For you must choose and not I;
    therefore declare what you know.[a]

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  1. 34.33 Meaning of Heb of 34.29–33 uncertain

33 Should God then reward you on your terms,
    when you refuse to repent?(A)
You must decide, not I;
    so tell me what you know.

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Whatever the Lord pleases he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.(A)

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The Lord does whatever pleases him,(A)
    in the heavens and on the earth,(B)
    in the seas and all their depths.

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32 If you have anything to say, answer me;
    speak, for I desire to justify you.

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32 If you have anything to say, answer me;(A)
    speak up, for I want to vindicate you.(B)

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26 He considered abuse suffered for the Christ[a] to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.

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  1. 11.26 Or the Messiah

26 He regarded disgrace(A) for the sake of Christ(B) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(C)

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For if the message declared through angels proved valid, and every transgression or disobedience received a just penalty,(A)

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For since the message spoken(A) through angels(B) was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,(C)

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For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels(A)

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God is just:(A) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(B) and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven(C) in blazing fire(D) with his powerful angels.(E)

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35 “Or who has given a gift to him,
    to receive a gift in return?”

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35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A)

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20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C)

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  1. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9

12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’(A) 13 But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?(B) 14 Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’[a](C)

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  1. 20.15 Gk is your eye evil because I am good?

12 ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat(A) of the day.’

13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend.(B) Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’(C)

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Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
    earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
    or “Your work has no handles”?(A)

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  1. 45.9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds or with the potters

“Woe to those who quarrel(A) with their Maker,(B)
    those who are nothing but potsherds(C)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(D)
    ‘What are you making?’(E)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?(F)

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31 If the righteous are repaid on earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!(A)

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31 If the righteous receive their due(A) on earth,
    how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

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30 If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my ordinances,(A)
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod
    and their iniquity with scourges,(B)

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30 “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
31 if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
32 I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;(A)

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11 Who can confront it[a] and be safe?[b]
    —under the whole heaven, who?[c](A)

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  1. 41.11 Heb me
  2. 41.11 Gk: Heb that I shall repay
  3. 41.11 Heb to me

11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay?(A)
    Everything under heaven belongs to me.(B)

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