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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He agreed to pay them a denarius</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:2 </span><span class="ft">A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for the day and sent them into his vineyard.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.20.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He told them, &#8216;You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So they went.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.20.5"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, &#8216;Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.20.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Because no one has hired us,&#8217; they answered.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.20.7"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He said to them, &#8216;You also go and work in my vineyard.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.20.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, &#8216;Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.20.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;These who were hired last worked only one hour,&#8217; they said, &#8216;and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.20.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But he answered one of them, &#8216;I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn&#8217;t you agree to work for a denarius?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Don&#8217;t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.20.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;So the last will be first, and the first will be last.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.20.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Mother&#8217;s Request</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.20.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then the mother of Zebedee&#8217;s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.20.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What is it you want?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.20.21"><span class="content">She said, &#8220;Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.20.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You don&#8217;t know what you are asking,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said to them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.20.22"><span class="content">&#8220;We can,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.20.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.20.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Jesus called them together and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and whoever wants to be first must be your slave&#8212;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Blind Men Receive Sight</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.20.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, &#8220;Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.20.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, &#8220;Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.20.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.20.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Jesus stopped and called them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want me to do for you?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.20.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.20.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord,&#8221; they answered, &#8220;we want our sight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.20.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.20.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">56</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 56</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;A Dove on Distant Oaks.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Be merciful to me, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">for my enemies are in hot pursuit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">all day long they press their attack.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My adversaries pursue me all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="content">in their pride many are attacking me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.56.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.56.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In God, whose word I praise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">in God I trust and am not afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">What can mere mortals do to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All day long they twist my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="content">all their schemes are for my ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They conspire, they lurk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">they watch my steps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">hoping to take my life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Because of their wickedness do not</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">56:7 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have </span><span class="fq">do not</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> let them escape;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="content">in your anger, God, bring the nations down.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Record my misery;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">list my tears on your scroll</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">56:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">misery; / put my tears in your wineskin</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">are they not in your record?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then my enemies will turn back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">when I call for help.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">By this I will know that God is for me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In God, whose word I praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="content">in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, whose word I praise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">in God I trust and am not afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="content">What can man do to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am under vows to you, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="content">I will present my thank offerings to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For you have delivered me from death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">and my feet from stumbling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">that I may walk before God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">in the light of life.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.12.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Doubtless you are the only people who matter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.12.2"><span class="content">and wisdom will die with you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.12.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I have a mind as well as you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="content">I am not inferior to you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="content">Who does not know all these things?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have become a laughingstock to my friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="content">though I called on God and he answered&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="content">a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.12.5"><span class="content">as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.12.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The tents of marauders are undisturbed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="content">and those who provoke God are secure&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="content">those God has in his hand.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">those whose god is in their own hand</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;But ask the animals, and they will teach you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.12.7"><span class="content">or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.12.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.12.8"><span class="content">or let the fish in the sea inform you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.12.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Which of all these does not know</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.12.9"><span class="content">that the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done this?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.12.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In his hand is the life of every creature</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.12.10"><span class="content">and the breath of all mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.12.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Does not the ear test words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.12.11"><span class="content">as the tongue tastes food?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.12.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Is not wisdom found among the aged?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.12.12"><span class="content">Does not long life bring understanding?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.12.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.12.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;To God belong wisdom and power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.12.13"><span class="content">counsel and understanding are his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.12.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.12.14"><span class="content">those he imprisons cannot be released.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.12.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If he holds back the waters, there is drought;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.12.15"><span class="content">if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.12.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To him belong strength and insight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.12.16"><span class="content">both deceived and deceiver are his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.12.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He leads rulers away stripped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.12.17"><span class="content">and makes fools of judges.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.12.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He takes off the shackles put on by kings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.12.18"><span class="content">and ties a loincloth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">shackles of kings / and ties a belt</span></span></span><span class="content"> around their waist.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.12.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He leads priests away stripped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.12.19"><span class="content">and overthrows officials long established.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.12.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He silences the lips of trusted advisers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.12.20"><span class="content">and takes away the discernment of elders.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.12.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He pours contempt on nobles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.12.21"><span class="content">and disarms the mighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.12.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He reveals the deep things of darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.12.22"><span class="content">and brings utter darkness into the light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.12.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He makes nations great, and destroys them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.12.23"><span class="content">he enlarges nations, and disperses them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.12.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.12.24"><span class="content">he makes them wander in a trackless waste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.12.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They grope in darkness with no light;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.12.25"><span class="content">he makes them stagger like drunkards.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.12.25"></span></div>
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