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18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger
and abounding in steadfast love,
forgiving iniquity and transgression,
but by no means clearing the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
to the third and the fourth generation.’(A)

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18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.(A) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’(B)

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21 He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”(A)

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21 and said:

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I will depart.[a](A)
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;(B)
    may the name of the Lord be praised.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:21 Or will return there

22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.(A)

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22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.(A)

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Job’s Fortunes Are Restored Twofold

10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.(A)

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10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes(A) and gave him twice as much as he had before.(B)

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10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)

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10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,(A)
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(B)

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