24 So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”

And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”

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24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”

“The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.

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and say:

‘What is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
She brought up one of her cubs,
And (A)he became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And he devoured men.

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and say:

“‘What a lioness(A) was your mother
    among the lions!
She lay down among them
    and reared her cubs.(B)
She brought up one of her cubs,
    and he became a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.

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31 If the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’

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31 if those of my household have never said,
    ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’(A)

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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly. Therefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

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He too followed(A) the ways of the house of Ahab,(B) for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father’s death they became his advisers, to his undoing.

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Now therefore, my son, (A)obey my voice according to what I command you. Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make (B)savory food from them for your father, such as he loves. 10 Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he (C)may bless you before his death.”

11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, (D)Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.

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Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you:(A) Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats,(B) so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.(C) 10 Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing(D) before he dies.”

11 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man(E) while I have smooth skin.

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A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.

Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
But (A)who is able to stand before jealousy?

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Stone is heavy and sand(A) a burden,
    but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
    but who can stand before jealousy?(B)

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14 The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.

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14 The wicked draw the sword(A)
    and bend the bow(B)
to bring down the poor and needy,(C)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.

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12 The wicked plots against the just,
(A)And gnashes at him with his teeth.

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12 The wicked plot(A) against the righteous
    and gnash their teeth(B) at them;

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When the wicked came against me
To (A)eat[a] up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:2 devour

When the wicked advance against me
    to devour[a] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
    who will stumble and fall.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:2 Or slander

12 And when it was day, (A)some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had (B)killed Paul. 13 Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy.

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The Plot to Kill Paul

12 The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy(A) and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.(B) 13 More than forty men were involved in this plot.

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So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.”

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Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

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