20 “Why is (A)light given to one burdened with grief,
And life to the bitter of soul,

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20 “Why is light given to those in misery,
    and life to the bitter of soul,(A)

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20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

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22 He does not believe that he will (A)return from darkness,
And he is destined for (B)the sword.

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22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

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Is there any number to (A)His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?

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Can his forces be numbered?
    On whom does his light not rise?(A)

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Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

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When (A)His lamp shone over my head,
And (B)by His light I walked through darkness;

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when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!(A)

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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

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30 To (A)bring back his soul from the pit,
So that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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30 to turn them back(A) from the pit,(B)
    that the light of life(C) may shine on them.(D)

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30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

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(A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and the Word was (C)with God, and (D)the Word was God. [a]He was in the beginning with God. (E)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him [b]not even one thing came into being that has come into being. (F)In Him was life, and the life was (G)the Light of mankind. And (H)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [c]grasp it.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:2 Lit This one
  2. John 1:3 One early ms nothing came into
  3. John 1:5 Or overpower

The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) He was with God in the beginning.(D) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(E) In him was life,(F) and that life was the light(G) of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness,(H) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(I)

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  1. John 1:5 Or understood

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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[a]This was (A)the true Light [b]that, coming into the world, enlightens every person.

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  1. John 1:9 I.e., the Word, Christ
  2. John 1:9 Or that enlightens every person coming into the world

The true light(A) that gives light to everyone(B) was coming into the world.

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That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

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The Word Made Flesh

14 And (A)the Word (B)became flesh, and (C)dwelt among us; and (D)we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of (E)grace and (F)truth.

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14 The Word became flesh(A) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(B) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(C) and truth.(D)

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14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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19 And this is the judgment, that (A)the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for (B)their deeds were evil. 20 (C)For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. 21 But the one who (D)practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed [a]as having been performed in God.”

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  1. John 3:21 Lit that they have been

19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(C) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

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19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

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