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- Rename project from 'ESV Bible' to 'The Bible' - Implement version selection dropdown in homepage header - Add support for multiple Bible versions: * ESV (English Standard Version) - from mdbible * NKJV (New King James Version) - from local NKJV/ directory - Update all API endpoints to accept version parameter (?version=esv|?version=nkjv) - Add version-aware favorites system that stores and displays Bible version (e.g., 'Genesis 1:1 (ESV)') - Update database schema to include version column in favorites table - Maintain backward compatibility with existing data - Update Docker configuration and documentation
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# Job 9 (New King James Version)
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Job: There Is No Mediator
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##### Chapter 9
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###### 1 Then Job answered and said:
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###### 2 "Truly I know _it is_ so,
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But how can a man be righteous before God?
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###### 3 If one wished to contend with Him,
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He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
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###### 4 _God is_ wise in heart and mighty in strength.
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Who has hardened _himself_ against Him and prospered?
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###### 5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know
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When He overturns them in His anger;
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###### 6 He shakes the earth out of its place,
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And its pillars tremble;
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###### 7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
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He seals off the stars;
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###### 8 He alone spreads out the heavens,
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And treads on the waves of the sea;
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###### 9 He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
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And the chambers of the south;
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###### 10 He does great things past finding out,
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Yes, wonders without number.
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###### 11 If He goes by me, I do not see _Him;_
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If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
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###### 12 If He takes away, who can hinder Him?
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Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?'
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###### 13 God will not withdraw His anger,
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The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.
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###### 14 "How then can I answer Him,
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_And_ choose my words _to reason_ with Him?
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###### 15 For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him;
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I would beg mercy of my Judge.
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###### 16 If I called and He answered me,
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I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
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###### 17 For He crushes me with a tempest,
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And multiplies my wounds without cause.
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###### 18 He will not allow me to catch my breath,
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But fills me with bitterness.
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###### 19 If _it is a matter_ of strength, indeed _He is_ strong;
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And if of justice, who will appoint my day _in court?_
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###### 20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;
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Though I _were_ blameless, it would prove me perverse.
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###### 21 "I am blameless, yet I do not know myself;
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I despise my life.
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###### 22 It _is_ all one _thing;_
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Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.'
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###### 23 If the scourge slays suddenly,
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He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
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###### 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
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He covers the faces of its judges.
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If it is not _He,_ who else could it be?
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###### 25 "Now my days are swifter than a runner;
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They flee away, they see no good.
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###### 26 They pass by like swift ships,
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Like an eagle swooping on its prey.
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###### 27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint,
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I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,'
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###### 28 I am afraid of all my sufferings;
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I know that You will not hold me innocent.
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###### 29 _If_ I am condemned,
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Why then do I labor in vain?
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###### 30 If I wash myself with snow water,
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And cleanse my hands with soap,
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###### 31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit,
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And my own clothes will abhor me.
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###### 32 "For _He is_ not a man, as I _am,_
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_That_ I may answer Him,
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_And that_ we should go to court together.
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###### 33 Nor is there any mediator between us,
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_Who_ may lay his hand on us both.
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###### 34 Let Him take His rod away from me,
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And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
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###### 35 _Then_ I would speak and not fear Him,
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But it is not so with me.
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