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Slaves rule over us;
    there is no one to deliver us from their hand.(A)

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Slaves(A) rule over us,
    and there is no one to free us from their hands.(B)

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For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord. I will cause them, every one, to fall each into the hand of a neighbor and each into the hand of the king, and they shall devastate the earth, and I will deliver no one from their hand.”(A)

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For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the Lord. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors(A) and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”(B)

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15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.(A)

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15 But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels[a] of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God(A) I did not act like that.

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  1. Nehemiah 5:15 That is, about 1 pound or about 460 grams

22 a slave when he becomes king
    and a fool when glutted with food,(A)

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22 a servant who becomes king,(A)
    a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,

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or like a lion they will tear me apart;
    they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.(A)

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or they will tear me apart like a lion(A)
    and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue(B) me.

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10 Now I will uncover her shame
    in the sight of her lovers,
    and no one shall rescue her out of my hand.(A)

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10 So now I will expose(A) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;(B)
    no one will take her out of my hands.(C)

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13 Indeed, since that day I am he;
    there is no one who can deliver from my hand;
    I work, and who can hinder it?(A)

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13     Yes, and from ancient days(A) I am he.(B)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
    When I act, who can reverse it?”(C)

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22 Mark this, then, you who forget God,
    or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to deliver.(A)

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22 “Consider this, you who forget God,(A)
    or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:(B)

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although you know that I am not guilty,
    and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?(A)

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though you know that I am not guilty(A)
    and that no one can rescue me from your hand?(B)

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Their children are far from safety,
    they are crushed in the gate,
    and there is no one to deliver them.(A)

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His children(A) are far from safety,(B)
    crushed in court(C) without a defender.(D)

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19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official[a] and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they mocked and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”(A)

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  1. 2.19 Heb servant

19 But when Sanballat(A) the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem(B) the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us.(C) “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”

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43 Aliens residing among you shall ascend above you higher and higher, while you shall descend lower and lower.(A)

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43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.(A)

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25 he said,

“Cursed be Canaan;
    lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”(A)

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25 he said,

“Cursed(A) be Canaan!(B)
    The lowest of slaves
    will he be to his brothers.(C)

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