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 Post subject: Verses 80:24-32
PostPosted: 04 Jun 2009, 06:00 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 80:24-32
PostPosted: 27 Oct 2009, 06:35 
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{80:24} Then let mankind look at his food -

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{80:24} Then let man look at his food -

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 Post subject: Re: Verses 80:24-32
PostPosted: 10 Dec 2013, 19:02 
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{80:25} How We poured down water in torrents,

I suggest,
{80:25} That We poured down water quite a pouring,

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{80:26} Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

I suggest,
{80:26} Then We broke the ground quite a breaking,

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{80:27} And caused to grow within it grain

I suggest,
{80:27} Thereby We grew in it grain,

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{80:28} And grapes and herbage

I'll just add a comma at the end to indicate continuation, suggest,
{80:28} And grapes and herbage,

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{80:29} And olive and palm trees

I'll just add a comma at the end to indicate continuation,
{80:29} And olive and palm trees,

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{80:30} And gardens of dense shrubbery

I suggest,
{80:30} And gardens dense,

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{80:31} And fruit and grass -

I suggest,
{80:31} And fruit and grass -

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{80:32} [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.

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{80:32} [As] enjoyment for you and your livestock.

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