Working the use of hyphens.

01-GEN.usfm

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 \v 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, very advanced in age, and Sarah had passed the age when women could bear children.
-\v 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying to herself, "After I am worn-out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"
+\v 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying to herself, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"
 
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 \v 13 Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really bear a child, when I am old'?

04-NUM.usfm

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-\v 7 Water flows from their buckets,
+\v 7 Water will flow from their buckets,
-\q2 and their seed is well-watered.
+\q2 and their seed will have abundant water.
-\q Their king is to be higher than Agag,
+\q Their king will be greater than Agag,
 \q2 and their kingdom will be honored.
 
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-\v 8 God brings him out of Egypt,
+\v 8 God will bring him out of Egypt,
-\q with strength like a wild ox.
+\q he will have strength like a wild ox.
 \q2 He will eat up the nations who fight against him.
 \q2 He will break their bones to pieces.
 \q2 He will shoot them with his arrows.

06-JOS.usfm

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 \v 11 Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, 'Take provisions in your hand for the journey. Go to meet them and say to them, "We are your servants. Make a treaty with us."
 \v 12 This is our bread, it was still warm when we took it from our houses on the day we set out to come to you. But now, see, it is dry and moldy.
-\v 13 These wineskins were new when we filled them, and look, now they are leaking. Our garments and our sandals are worn-out from a very long journey.'" 
+\v 13 These wineskins were new when we filled them, and look, now they are leaking. Our garments and our sandals are worn out from a very long journey.'" 
 
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 \v 14 So the Israelites took some of their provisions, but they did not consult with Yahweh for guidance.

16-NEH.usfm

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-\v 16 But they and our ancestors acted disrespectfully, and they were stiff-necked and did not listen to your commandments.
+\v 16 But they and our ancestors acted disrespectfully, and they stiffened their necks and did not listen to your commandments.
 \v 17 They refused to listen, and they did not think about the wonders that you had done among them, but became stubborn, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their slavery. But you are a God who is full of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. You did not abandon them.
 
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17-EST.usfm

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 \v 12 Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and a decree containing all that Haman had commanded was written to the king's provincial governors, those who were over all the provinces, to the governors of all the various peoples, and to the officials of all the people, to every province in their own writing, and to every people in their own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and was sealed with his ring.
-\v 13 Documents were hand-delivered by couriers to all the king's provinces, to annihilate, kill, and destroy all Jews, from young to old, children and women, in one day—on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is the month of Adar)—and to plunder their possessions.
+\v 13 Documents were delivered by the hand of couriers to all the king's provinces, to annihilate, kill, and destroy all Jews, from young to old, children and women, in one day—on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is the month of Adar)—and to plunder their possessions.
 
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 \v 14 A copy of the letter was made law in every province. In every province it was made known to all the people that they should prepare for this day.

19-PSA.usfm

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 \q Amen and Amen.
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 \v 20 The prayers of David son of Jesse are finished.
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20-PRO.usfm

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 \v 15 Good insight wins favor,
-\q but the way of the treacherous is never-ending.
+\q but the way of the treacherous is disaster \f + \ft The ULB is following the ancient Greek translation because the Hebrew is difficult to understand. The Hebrew has: \fqa the way of the treacherous is unending. \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 16 Prudent people act out of knowledge in every decision,
 \q but a fool parades his folly.
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 \v 27 One who has knowledge uses few words
-\q and one with understanding is even-tempered.
+\q and he who is even-tempered has understanding.
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 \v 28 Even a fool is thought to be wise if he keeps silent;
 \q when he keeps his mouth shut, he is considered to be intelligent.

41-MAT.usfm

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 \v 25 At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you concealed these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children.
-\v 26 Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
+\v 26 Yes, Father, for this was pleasing in your sight.
 \v 27 All things have been entrusted to me from my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father and no one knows the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
 
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45-ACT.usfm

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-\v 51 "You people who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; you act just as your fathers acted.
+\v 51 "You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; you act just as your fathers acted.
 \v 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed the prophets who appeared in advance of the coming of the Righteous One; and you have now become the betrayers and murderers of him also,
 \v 53 you people who received the law that angels had established, but you did not keep it."
 

51-PHP.usfm

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 \v 10 I greatly rejoice in the Lord because now at last you have renewed your concern for me. You had indeed been concerned for me before, but there was no opportunity for you to help.
 \v 11 I am not saying this because I am in need. For I have learned to be content in all circumstances.
-\v 12 I know what it is to be poor, and I also know what it is to have plenty. In every way and in all things I have learned the secret of how to be well-fed or to be hungry, and how to have an abundance or to be in need.
+\v 12 I know what it is to be poor, and I also know what it is to have plenty. In every way and in all things I have learned the secret of how to be well fed or to be hungry, and how to have an abundance or to be in need.
 \v 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
 
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60-JAS.usfm

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 \v 6 But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For anyone who doubts is like a wave in the sea that is driven by the wind and tossed around.
-\v 7 For that person must not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
+\v 7 For that person must not think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
-\v 8 Such a person is double-minded, unstable in all his ways.
+\v 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
 
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 \v 9 Let the poor brother boast of his high position,
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 \v 7 So submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
 
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-\v 8 Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
+\v 8 Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded people.
 \v 9 Grieve, mourn, and cry! Let your laughter turn into sadness and your joy into gloom.
 \v 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.