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The UBS Handbooks are detailed commentaries providing valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the books of the Bible. They are prepared primarily to assist Bible translators as they carry out the important task of putting God’s Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. The text is discussed verse by verse, and is accompanied by running text in at...

In this division the author asserts his firm belief that people who are truly righteous never really die, because after their earthly death they continue to live with God. Since this is true, it is wise to be righteous. Righteousness, then, connects wisdom and immortality. The author begins the book by urging the world’s rulers to make justice their goal in governing. Compare 6:1; Psa 2:1, 10. This address to the rulers extends through
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