Who has (A)ascended to heaven and come down?
    Who has (B)gathered the wind in his fists?
Who has (C)wrapped up the waters in a garment?
    Who has established all (D)the ends of the earth?
(E)What is his name, and what is his son's name?
    Surely you know!

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13 (A)No one has (B)ascended into heaven except (C)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[a]

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  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts add who is in heaven

He (A)binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
    and the cloud is not split open under them.

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Therefore it says,

(A)“When he ascended on high (B)he led a host of captives,
    and he gave gifts to men.”[a]

((C)In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into (D)the lower regions, the earth?[b] 10 He who descended is the one who also (E)ascended (F)far above all the heavens, that he might (G)fill all things.)

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  1. Ephesians 4:8 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
  2. Ephesians 4:9 Or the lower parts of the earth?

(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.

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  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

14 Therefore the (A)Lord himself will give you a sign. (B)Behold, the (C)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name (D)Immanuel.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us

12 (A)It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’

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21 She will bear a son, and (A)you shall call his name Jesus, (B)for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 (C)All this took place (D)to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 (E)“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
    and they shall call his name (F)Immanuel”

(which means, God (G)with us).

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But (A)the righteousness based on faith says, (B)“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)

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12 (A)Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
    and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
    and weighed the mountains in scales
    and the hills in a balance?
13 (B)Who has measured[a] the Spirit of the Lord,
    or what man shows him his counsel?
14 Whom did he consult,
    and who made him understand?
(C)Who taught him the path of justice,
    and taught him knowledge,
    and showed him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
    and are accounted (D)as the dust on the scales;
    behold, he takes up (E)the coastlands like fine dust.
16 Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
    nor are (F)its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17 (G)All the nations are as nothing before him,
    they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

18 (H)To whom then will you liken God,
    (I)or what likeness compare with him?
19 (J)An idol! A craftsman casts it,
    and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
    and casts for it silver chains.
20 (K)He who is too impoverished for an offering
    chooses wood[b] that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
    to set up an idol that will not move.

21 (L)Do you not know? Do you not hear?
    Has it not been told you from the beginning?
    Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
    and its inhabitants are (M)like grasshoppers;
(N)who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
    and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
23 (O)who brings princes to nothing,
    and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
    scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows on them, and they wither,
    (P)and the tempest carries them off like stubble.

25 (Q)To whom then will you compare me,
    that I should be like him? says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
    who created these?
(R)He who brings out their host by number,
    calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
    and because he is strong in power,
    not one is missing.

27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
    and speak, O Israel,
(S)“My way is hidden from the Lord,
    (T)and my right is disregarded by my God”?
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is (U)the everlasting God,
    the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
    (V)his understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the faint,
    and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
    and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but (W)they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
    they shall mount up with wings (X)like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
    they shall walk and not faint.

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  1. Isaiah 40:13 Or has directed
  2. Isaiah 40:20 Or He chooses valuable wood

    covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    (A)stretching out the heavens (B)like a tent.
He (C)lays the beams of his (D)chambers on the waters;
he makes (E)the clouds his chariot;
    he rides on (F)the wings of the wind;
he (G)makes his messengers winds,
    his (H)ministers (I)a flaming fire.

He (J)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
You (K)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
At (L)your rebuke they fled;
    at (M)the sound of your thunder they (N)took to flight.
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you (O)appointed for them.
You set (P)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they (Q)might not again cover the earth.

10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
11 they (R)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
13 (S)From your lofty abode you (T)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14 You cause (U)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and (V)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth (W)food from the earth
15     and (X)wine to gladden the heart of man,
(Y)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to (Z)strengthen man's heart.

16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    (AA)the cedars of Lebanon (AB)that he planted.
17 In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
18 The high mountains are for (AC)the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for (AD)the rock badgers.

19 He made the moon to mark the (AE)seasons;[a]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
20 (AF)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 (AG)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their (AH)dens.
23 (AI)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In (AJ)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
25 Here is the sea, great and wide,
    (AK)which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
26 There go the ships,
    and (AL)Leviathan, which you formed to (AM)play in it.[b]

27 These (AN)all look to you,
    to (AO)give them their food in due season.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you (AP)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you (AQ)hide your face, they are (AR)dismayed;
    when you (AS)take away their breath, they die
    and (AT)return to their dust.
30 When you (AU)send forth your Spirit,[c] they are created,
    and you (AV)renew the face of the ground.

31 May the glory of the Lord (AW)endure forever;
    may the Lord (AX)rejoice in his works,
32 who looks on the earth and it (AY)trembles,
    who (AZ)touches the mountains and they smoke!
33 I will sing to the Lord (BA)as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34 May my (BB)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 Let (BC)sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
(BD)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
(BE)Praise the Lord!

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  1. Psalm 104:19 Or the appointed times (compare Genesis 1:14)
  2. Psalm 104:26 Or you formed to play with
  3. Psalm 104:30 Or breath

12 (A)His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are (B)many diadems, and he has (C)a name written that no one knows but himself.

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By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
    and as for his generation, (A)who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
    stricken for the transgression of my people?

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18 (A)You ascended on high,
    (B)leading a host of captives in your train
    and (C)receiving gifts among men,
even among (D)the rebellious, (E)that the Lord God may dwell there.

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“Where were you when I (A)laid the foundation of the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
    Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
    or who laid its cornerstone,
when the morning stars (B)sang together
    and all (C)the sons of God (D)shouted for joy?

“Or who (E)shut in the sea with doors
    when it burst out from the womb,
when I made clouds its garment
    and (F)thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed (G)limits for it
    and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
    and here shall your (H)proud waves be stayed’?

12 “Have you (I)commanded the morning since your days began,
    and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of (J)the skirts of the earth,
    and the wicked be (K)shaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
    and its features stand out like a garment.
15 From the wicked their (L)light is withheld,
    and (M)their uplifted arm is broken.

16 “Have you (N)entered into the springs of the sea,
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have (O)the gates of death been revealed to you,
    or have you seen the gates of (P)deep darkness?
18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
    Declare, if you know all this.

19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
    and where is the place of darkness,
20 that you may take it to its territory
    and that you may discern (Q)the paths to its home?
21 You know, for (R)you were born then,
    and the number of your days is great!

22 “Have you entered (S)the storehouses of the snow,
    or have you seen (T)the storehouses of the hail,
23 which I have reserved (U)for the time of trouble,
    (V)for the day of battle and war?
24 What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
    or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

25 “Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
    and (W)a way for the thunderbolt,
26 to bring rain on (X)a land where no man is,
    on (Y)the desert in which there is no man,
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
    and to make the ground sprout with (Z)grass?

28 “Has (AA)the rain a father,
    or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb did (AB)the ice come forth,
    and who has given birth to (AC)the frost of heaven?
30 The waters become hard like stone,
    and the face of the deep is (AD)frozen.

31 “Can you bind the chains of (AE)the Pleiades
    or loose the cords of (AF)Orion?
32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth[a] in their season,
    or can you guide (AG)the Bear with its children?
33 Do you know (AH)the ordinances of the heavens?
    Can you establish their rule on the earth?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
    that (AI)a flood of waters may cover you?
35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
    and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who has (AJ)put wisdom in (AK)the inward parts[b]
    or given understanding to the mind?[c]
37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
    Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38 when the dust runs into a mass
    and (AL)the clods stick fast together?

39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
    or (AM)satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 when they crouch in their (AN)dens
    or lie in wait (AO)in their thicket?
41 Who provides for (AP)the raven its prey,
    when its young ones cry to God for help,
    and wander about for lack of food?

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  1. Job 38:32 Probably the name of a constellation
  2. Job 38:36 Or in the ibis
  3. Job 38:36 Or rooster

58 “If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, (A)the Lord your God,

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I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, (A)“You are my Son;
    today I have begotten you.

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18 And the angel of the Lord said to him, (A)“Why do you ask my name, seeing (B)it is wonderful?”

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The Lord (A)descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and (B)proclaimed the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, (C)“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and (D)gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast (E)love and faithfulness, (F)keeping steadfast love for thousands,[a] (G)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but (H)who will by no means clear the guilty, (I)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

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  1. Exodus 34:7 Or to the thousandth generation

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as (A)God Almighty,[a] but by my name the (B)Lord I did not make myself known to them.

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  1. Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El Shaddai

13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”[a] And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: (A)I am has sent me to you.’” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord,[b] the (B)God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is (C)my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

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  1. Exodus 3:14 Or I am what I am, or I will be what I will be
  2. Exodus 3:15 The word Lord, when spelled with capital letters, stands for the divine name, YHWH, which is here connected with the verb hayah, “to be” in verse 14

22 (A)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is (B)except the Father, or who the Father is (C)except the Son and anyone (D)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

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27 (A)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son (B)except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone (C)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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In his days Judah will be saved, and (A)Israel will (B)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (C)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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for he has (A)founded it upon (B)the seas
    and established it upon the rivers.

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