PDF into Job 34

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 \v 1 So these three men stopped answering Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.
-\v 2 Then was kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; it was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God.
+\v 2 Then the anger of Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled; it was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God.
 
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 \v 3 Elihu's anger was also kindled against his three friends because they had found no answer to Job, and yet they had condemned Job.
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 \v 6 Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up and said,
 \q "I am young, and you are very old.
-\q That is why I held back and did not dare to tell you my own opinion.
+\q That is why I held back and was afraid to tell you my own thoughts.
 \q
 \v 7 I said, "Length of days should speak;
 \q a multitude of years should teach wisdom.
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 \q
 \v 11 See, I waited for your words;
 \q I listened to your arguments
-\q while you were thinking about what to say.
+\q while you were searching for a word.
 \q
 \v 12 Indeed, I paid attention to you,
 \q but, see, there was not one of you who could convince Job
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 \q I have heard the sound of your words saying,
 \q
 \v 9 'I am clean and without transgression;
-\q I am innocent, and there is no sin in me.
+\q I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
 
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 \q
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 \v 11 He puts my feet in stocks;
 \q he watches all my paths.'
 \q
-\v 12 See, in this you are not right—I will answer you,
+\v 12 See, in this you are not in 5h3 right—I will answer you,
 \q for God is greater than man.
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 \v 16 then God opens the ears of men,
 \q and frightens them with threats,
 \q
-\v 17 in order to pull man back from his sinful purposes,
-\q and keep pride from him.
+\v 17 to cause man to turn away from his deed,
+\q and keep pride from a man.
 \q
 \v 18 God keeps man's life back from the pit,
 \q his life from crossing over to death.
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 \q
 \v 19 Man is punished also with pain on his bed,
-\q with constant agony in his bones,
+\q with constant strife in his bones,
 \q
 \v 20 so that his life abhors food,
 \q and his soul abhors delicacies.
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 \v 25 Then his flesh will become fresher than a child's;
-\q it is restored to the days of his youth.
+\q it is restored to the days of his youthful vigor.
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 \v 26 He will pray to God, and God will be kind to him,
 \q so that he sees God's face with joy.
-\q God will give the person his triumph.
+\q God will restore to the person his righteousness.
 
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 \q
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 \q be silent and I will speak.
 \q
 \v 32 If you have anything to say, answer me;
-\q speak, for I wish to prove that you are in the right.
+\q speak, for I wish to justify you.
 \q
 \v 33 If not, then listen to me;
 \q remain silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
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 \v 2 "Listen to my words, you wise men;
 \q hear me, you who have knowledge.
 \q
-\v 3 For the ear tries words
+\v 3 For the ear tests words
 \q as the palate tastes food.
 
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 \q he puts others in their places.
 \q
 \v 25 In this way he has knowledge of their deeds;
-\q he overthrows these people in the night; they are destroyed.
+\q he overthrows these people in the night; they are crushed.
 
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 \q
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 \q If he hides his face, who can perceive him?
 \q He rules over nation and individual alike,
 \q
-\v 30 so that a godless man may not rule,
+\v 30 so that a godless man may not reign,
 \q so that there may be no one to entrap people.
 
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