<p class="poetry">But if only God would speak,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">if only he would open his lips against you,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you, however, are inventors of lies;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all of you are worthless physicians!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But as<n id="1" /> a mountain falls away and crumbles,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and as a rock will be removed from its place,p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;But now, O Job, listen to my words,p> <p class="poetry">and hear<n id="1" /> everything I have to say!<n id="2" />p>

He called that place Bethel,<n id="1" /> although the former name of the town was Luz.

But truly, as I live,<n id="1" /> all the earth will be filled with the glory of the <sc>Lordsc>.

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;But<n id="2" /> as for me,<n id="3" /> I would seek<n id="4" /> God,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and to God<n id="6" /> I would set forth my case.<n id="7" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;But now, ask the animals and they<n id="2" /> will teach you,p> <p class="poetry">or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.p>

<p class="poetry">But I wish to speak<n id="1" /> to the Almighty,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I desire to argue<n id="3" /> my case<n id="4" /> with God.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;But turn, all of you,<n id="1" /> and come<n id="2" /> now!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will not find a wise man among you.p>

But<n id="1" /> for this purpose I have caused you to stand:<n id="2" /> to show you<n id="3" /> my strength, and so that my name may be declared<n id="4" /> in all the earth.

They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel&#8217;s sons.<n id="1" /> But the city&#8217;s name used to be Laish.

But<n id="1" /> extend your hand and strike<n id="2" /> everything he has, and he will no doubt<n id="3" /> curse you<n id="4" /> to your face!&#8221;p>

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh,<n id="1" /> and he will no doubt<n id="2" /> curse you to your face!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">But I<n id="1" /> am full of the courage that the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s Spirit gives,p> <p class="poetry">and have a strong commitment to justice.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion,p> <p class="poetry">and Israel with its sin.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But his father refused and said, &#8220;I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude<n id="1" /> of nations.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Taking an oath, David again<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Your father is very much aware of the fact<n id="2" /> that I have found favor with you, and he has thought,<n id="3" /> &#8216;Don&#8217;t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.&#8217; But as surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!&#8221;

Otherwise, as surely as the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of Israel, lives &#8211; he who has prevented me from harming you &#8211; if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning&#8217;s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!&#8221;

Now the advisers<n id="1" /> of the king of Syria said to him: &#8220;Their God is a god of the mountains. That&#8217;s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.