Working through Job

18-JOB/24.usfm

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 \q their portion of the land is cursed;
 \q no one goes to work in their vineyards.
 \q
-\v 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
-\q so Sheol also consumes those who have sinned.
+\v 19 As drought and heat melt away the snow into waters, 
+\q so Sheol takes away those who have sinned.
 
 \s5
 \q

18-JOB/40.usfm

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 \s5
 \q
-\v 17 He moves his tail like a cedar;
-\q his thighs' muscles are joined together.
+\v 17 It makes its tail like a cedar;
+\q its thighs' muscles are joined together.
 \q
-\v 18 His bones are like tubes of bronze;
-\q his legs are like bars of iron.
+\v 18 Its bones are like tubes of bronze;
+\q its legs are like bars of iron.
 \b
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 19 He is the chief of the creatures of God.
-\q Only God, who made him, can defeat him.
+\v 19 It is the chief of the creatures of God.
+\q Only God, who made it, can defeat it.
 \q
-\v 20 For the hills provide him with food;
+\v 20 For the hills provide it with food;
 \q the beasts of the field play nearby.
 \q
-\v 21 He lies under the lotus plants
+\v 21 It lies under the lotus plants
 \q in the shelter of the reeds, in the marshes.
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 22 The lotus plants cover him with their shade;
-\q the willows of the brook are all around him.
+\v 22 The lotus plants cover it with their shade;
+\q the willows of the brook are all around it.
 \q
-\v 23 See, if a river floods its banks, he does not tremble;
-\q he is confident, though a Jordan River should surge up to his snout.
+\v 23 See, if a river floods its banks, it does not tremble;
+\q it is confident, though a Jordan River should surge up to its snout.
 \q
-\v 24 Can anyone capture him with a hook,
-\q or pierce his nose through with a snare?
+\v 24 Can anyone capture it with a hook,
+\q or pierce its nose through with a snare?