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16 Then at evening there was an old man coming from his work in the field. The man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was residing in Gibeah. (The people of the place were Benjaminites.)(A)

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16 That evening(A) an old man from the hill country of Ephraim,(B) who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields.

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23 People go out to their work
    and to their labor until the evening.(A)

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23 Then people go out to their work,(A)
    to their labor until evening.(B)

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The Levite’s Concubine

19 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite residing in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.(A)

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A Levite and His Concubine

19 In those days Israel had no king.

Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim(A) took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.(B)

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10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: anyone unwilling to work should not eat.

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10 For even when we were with you,(A) we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work(B) shall not eat.”

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11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,(A) 12 so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.(B)

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11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,(A) just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders(B) and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

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28 Those who steal must give up stealing; rather, let them labor, doing good work with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.

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28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work,(A) doing something useful with their own hands,(B) that they may have something to share with those in need.(C)

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12 Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not let them sleep.(A)

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12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
    whether they eat little or much,
but as for the rich, their abundance
    permits them no sleep.(A)

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13 I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to humans to be busy with.(A)

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13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(A) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(B)

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27 Prepare your work outside;
    get everything ready for you in the field;
    and after that build your house.

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27 Put your outdoor work in order
    and get your fields ready;
    after that, build your house.

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23 In all toil there is profit,
    but mere talk leads only to poverty.

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23 All hard work brings a profit,
    but mere talk leads only to poverty.

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11 Wealth hastily gotten[a] will dwindle,
    but those who gather little by little will increase it.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13.11 Gk Vg: Heb from vanity

11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

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You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
    you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.(A)

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You will eat the fruit of your labor;(A)
    blessings and prosperity(B) will be yours.

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14 So they passed on and went their way, and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

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14 So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.(A)

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