The Scoffer And The King
3/8/2026
Turn with me to Proverbs 20:29-21:1. These are our verses to begin studying and memorizing.
Proverbs 20:29-21:1 The glory of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is their gray hair. 30 Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts. 21:1 The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.
Introduction
Proverbs 20:29-21:1 provides the conclusion of our section on the scoffer and the king from chapter 20 as it transitions to dealing more directly with the scoffer and God in chapter 21. These verses give some concluding guidance to the king and us on the right way to live within society. In verse 29 we see that the king should appreciate and make use of the strength of the young alongside of the experience and wisdom of the old. From verse 30 we see the importance and beneficial results of physical discipline. When exercising it discipline should be used to remove evil (and not to selfishly abuse people). Meanwhile, when experiencing it, discipline should be used to learn from (and not be ignored).
Finally, from 21:1 citizens should remember that despite a king’s great power and authority God is ultimately sovereign over him to direct his heart. Meanwhile, the king should humbly remember that he is accountable to God and reigns under His sovereign oversight. Like life-giving water being channeled to where it is needed, the king’s favor should be dispersed to bless the righteous and do good. He should pursue being guided by God’s wisdom.
This then is God’s final guidance from this section of proverbs on how a king is to rule by that foundational loving-kindness and truth that Proverbs 20:28 emphasized. These are some of the concrete details and reminders that a king needs to keep in mind to uphold his throne. A ruler needs to correctly administer people by understanding them and putting them in the right places given their abilities to accomplish what is needed. On the destructive side of the use of power, exercising discipline to remove evil from people and to purify them is essential. Conversely, a ruler also needs to constructively use their favor and resources to promote God’s righteous purposes.
Given God’s sovereignty, following His wisdom and plan in these ways is the only path for a nation to thrive. God is going to accomplish His purposes, with or without a specific king or individual.
While we are not kings, and do not have kings ruling us, these verses give us helpful principles for what a nation needs in its rulers, and for how we need to operate in any spheres of leadership that we might have.
With that overview of these concluding verses, let’s take a closer look now at verse 29.
29 The glory of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is their gray hair.
The crowning ability of young men is their physical strength, while wisdom and experience is the crowning ability of old men.
As kings work to live by loving-kindness and truth in their reign they should make the best use of the abilities of their people for the benefit of the nation. Young men should be put to work using the power of their strength. Older men should be put to work using the benefit of their wisdom and knowledge. A wise ruler puts the right people with the right skills into the right jobs to get the best results.
One could see this proverb as a stark contrast between young men and old men with their strength and weakness in comparison with their wisdom and foolishness. However, in the context of a ruler wisely administering a nation so that it thrives, the general focus is not really on the negatives of either group. Likewise, in this verse the focus is on the glory and honor of each one in their respective areas. Thus the emphasis is not really on a contrast, but rather much more on how each one excels and can be used to their fullest potential for the good of a nation. By understanding and then working together with the strong suites of different people a nation can truly make unparalleled progress.
In this verse, the word for “glory” has to do with beauty, splendor, fame, or majesty. This is a crowning trait that brings young men praise. Proverbs 4:9 gave us a picture of that word when it showed us what getting wisdom would result in. It said that:
Proverbs 4:9 “She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty.”
The word for beauty there at the end of the verse is the same word translated “glory” here in Proverbs 20:29. It stands out for all to see, appreciate, and admire. Strength normally is that kind of crowning achievement for the young. The word for “young men” there is a full grown but unmarried man.1 It has to do with someone who is at the height of his physical powers but perhaps without the responsibility of marriage and family. They have the prowess, strength, and freedom to take on the hard, difficult, extreme tasks that need being done. It is often quite amazing what young men can accomplish when they fully put their mind and body into it during their time of peak physical ability.
It is this exact reality which causes governments to normally put age limits on who can join the military. Currently, for the Army, that limit is 35. For the Marine Corp it is 28; 41 for the Navy and Coast Guard, and 42 for the Air Force and Space Force. Perhaps those differences tell us a lot about the physically demanding nature of the different branches of the U.S. military. Regardless, it is indeed true that the glory of young men is their strength. At certain ages people just have more physical abilities and capabilities. As one gets older those begin to decline even if you work to keep them up. Knowing this, a wise ruler will direct the use of those “crowning abilities” to where they are needed most.
Meanwhile, the ornament, splendor, glory, or honor of the old is their “gray haired” age. By their age and experience they gain an invaluable perspective and wisdom that cannot fully be gained any other way. The truth of Hebrews 5:14 highlights this, “the mature” are those “who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.” Some things just take time and practice to develop well.
The same three words for “gray hair,” being “old men,” and “honor” that we have in the second half of our proverb are also found in Leviticus 19:32. There, we see the value that God wants society to place on older people.
Leviticus 19:32 ‘You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.
God wants us to honor and respect older people for the wisdom they have gained in life walking with the Lord. As the end of the verse seems to indicate, this honoring of parents, grandparents, and other elders is ultimately a subset of the reverence that we are to have for God with His perfect, omniscient, righteous wisdom. Because we reverence God and His wisdom we should also honor them and their wisdom.
Quite interestingly, within the book of Proverbs this word for honor is also the same word that will be later used in Proverbs 31:25 to describe the honor and strength that clothes the virtuous wife. Praiseworthiness clothes her and gives her a majesty. In the same way that her righteous, God-fearing, industrious behavior is honorable, so too the wisdom learned from experience exalts and honors the aged. It is praiseworthy. It is beautiful. It is their strength. It is their power. It is a invaluable resource that a wise ruler will not overlook. He will understand it and make full use of it. When paired with the strength, vitality, and zeal of the young all that energy will be harnessed in the best possible ways for the benefit of the nation in whatever circumstances it faces. Thus, wise counsel with the strength and ability to carry it out is a powerful combination which enables a nation to truly thrive.
Within the family, we saw an aspect of this same principle pictured back in Proverbs 17:6.
Proverbs 17:6 Grandchildren are the crown of old men, And the glory of sons is their fathers.
When the different generations can see and appreciate one another they will not rival and oppose each other. Instead, they will glory in each other and help each other to both maximize their potential. They will delight in each other. They will value each other. They will help each other. Together they will have a joy, strength, and beauty of relationship that is unmatched.
Scriptural Example: In Scripture we see an example of both sides of this strength and wise leadership in king David. In his younger years he personally defeated a lion, a bear, and Goliath. He quite energetically led his men in war. Yet sometimes, as in the situation with Nabal and Abigail, he lacked the wisdom that he needed to wisely harness his energy. Thankfully in that situation he was teachable when Abigail’s humble and gracious rebuke arrived. This is a key trait. The young need to be teachable.
As he got older, though, there came a point when his strength began to wane. Eventually his men were concerned for him that he, as “the lamp of Israel,” might be killed. Over time his worth to the nation had become far much greater than his physical ability to win Israel’s physical battles. His wisdom and leadership were what was needed. It was not worth it to the nation to have that risk to his life anymore. We see this transition occurring in the account recorded in 2 Samuel 21:15-17.
2 Samuel 21:15-17 Now when the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down and his servants with him; and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary. 16 Then Ishbi-benob, who was among the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, was girded with a new sword, and he intended to kill David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”
In this case, as he got older, David needed to let the younger use their strength and help him. This is a key trait. The older need to let the younger people serve and help them. There are different places, different abilities, and different seasons in life where we can best serve and be used in different ways. Recognizing this is wisdom. When that wisdom is rightly applied it will greatly benefit a nation, a business, a church, or a family. Leaders need strength and physical ability among their people to get anything accomplished. But they also need that to be carefully guided by the wisdom and discernment that is gained over time by experience, study, and instruction. The glory of strength, guided by the honor and wisdom of gray hair will together enable a nation, business, church, or family to thrive and prosper.
Overall, this proverb teaches us to see people’s different abilities and skills and then appropriately place them where best suited. Solomon himself was the master at this.
He routinely did this in his administration of the kingdom. Everything was organized extensively to run the country and build his many building projects. To help run the country he organized 12 distinct geographical districts to monthly provide the food and provisions needed for the king’s table and projects.
Then, to build the temple, his palaces, and his military projects he organized and conscripted slave work details of 153,600 foreigners living within Israel to cut and transport the stone and wood needed. For a time he also had 30,000 Israelites go to Lebanon in rotating monthly shifts of 10,000 workers to help King Hiram’s men get the cypress and cedar. (2 Chron 2:17-18, 8:7-9; cf. 1 Kgs 5:6, 13-18, 9:15-28)
Beyond that, he carefully assigned Israelites into positions of authority in overseeing all these arrangements. He designated certain ones to be his men of war, his servants, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen (1 Kings 9:22).
Thus Solomon carefully organized everything to have the right people in the right place to accomplish what needed to be done. When he saw a gifted man like Jeroboam, who was a valiant warrior and industrious, then he put him in a position of responsibility as 1 Kings 11:28 tells us.
For a nation to run well this is essential. We need to see the value and skills of each one and put the right people into the right positions to get the specific jobs done that need to be completed.
While most of us are not in a leadership position in government, the same principle is true within a job, a church, a family, and our own individual lives. To accomplish God’s purposes we need to see what those purposes are and what our specific place at this point in our lives is best suited to be. Then we need to carry out those roles. If we always have people unsuited to specific tasks trying to accomplish them then the jobs are going to be accomplished poorly. People will continually be frustrated in themselves as they try to pound a square peg into a round hole by doing things they are not well equipped to attempt.
A wise leader within a company, church, or family will over time discern these things and help guide people into the right situations which best suite different individuals gifts, abilities, strengths, and experience.
Proverb in Comparison: When we compare this proverb with the rest of Scripture we see the need to value our different roles and to faithfully carry them out starting right within our families. We see this in Deuteronomy 6. God has the older one’s, the parents, to be continually passing along the benefit of their wisdom and experience to their children.
Deuteronomy 6:5-9 “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 “These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 “You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8 “You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9 “You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
The young need the ongoing benefit of our age, experience, and wisdom to point them to loving, knowing, and following God. To make the most out of this, both the young and the older need to recognize the importance of their respective roles and appreciate the value of each other. The older people need to value the younger people as important enough to pass along their wisdom to them, and the younger people need to value the wisdom and experience of the older to be teachable and benefit from it.
Deuteronomy 6:20-24 “When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the LORD our God commanded you?’ 21 then you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the LORD brought us from Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 ‘Moreover, the LORD showed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household; 23 He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.’ 24 “So the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today. 25 “It will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us. (cf. also Deuteronomy 11:18-21)
We must not give up on the next generations as hopeless and helpless. We must consider them worthy of our time and effort to teach them and lead them. Likewise, we must not write off older generations as outdated and clueless. We must not write them off as unworthy of our help and assistance when they need it. We must value them and consider them as having wisdom that we need to help guide us in our lives.
Yes, there are many differences in culture, technology, preferences, and ways of thinking. But the realities of loving and following God, of temptations and trials, of studying and working, of marrying and raising a family, and many other realities of life remain universal. Yes, contexts and technologies change, but wisdom remains the same. To thrive in the way that God designed, the next generations need us for wisdom. Likewise, as we age we will also need them for their strength and assistance. The sooner we realize and appreciate our different strengths and roles at different points in life the better it will be—both for us and those around us. Psalm 78:5-7 gives us a beautiful picture of God’s design.
Psalm 78:5-7 For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children, 6 That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, That they may arise and tell them to their children, 7 That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments,
We need to be raised in the truth of God’s work and word. Generation by generation we need to be taught to put our confidence, faith, and life in God. We need to be reminded not to forget His works and to walk obediently with Him all our days.
In the New Testament Ephesians 6:4 echoes this in its instruction to fathers.
Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
This design for the older to teach the younger extends beyond families to the church. It is what Paul did for Timothy in discipling him, and is what he instructed him to do for the next generation in 2 Timothy 2:1-2.
2 Timothy 2:1-2 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
In Titus 2 we also see that it is not just God’s design for older men to teach younger men or for leaders to train other leaders, but also for older women to teach the younger women.
Titus 2:1-8 But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. 2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, 4 so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored. 6 Likewise urge the young men to be sensible; 7 in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, 8 sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.
Those who have been followers of Jesus are to teach those younger or newer to it what following Jesus is supposed to look like. The world’s ways of doing things is going to go directly against God’s design for family, marriage, church, and life. Because of that the older godly women and men need to very intentionally impart God’s wisdom to the next generation.
It is not going to just naturally occur for young men to be sensible and to carry out good deeds. It is not just going to naturally occur for young women to love their husbands and children with a warm affectionate love. It is not just going to naturally occur for them to decide to be workers at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their own husbands. Our flesh naturally rebels. It looks for loopholes and excuses. We need the encouragement and wisdom of those who have been faithful to God to challenge us, teach us, and point us back to wholeheartedly following Jesus. We need reminders to die to our flesh, take up our cross, and truly follow Jesus in every area of our lives.
That this task of teaching is not just for leaders in the church but rather for all of us can also be seen in the challenge that the book of Hebrews gives in Hebrews 5:12-14.
Hebrews 5:12-14 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.
In this passage there are only two options for believers who have been saved for some time. They are either one of those who have been followers of Jesus long enough to be teachers, or one of those who need to be taught again. The natural progression for all of us as believers should be to become disciplers of others. Yes, with our different personalities, experiences, circumstances, and spiritual gifts how we teach may look quite different from each other. We are not all pastors and teachers in the formal sense. But the reality is that we are all to be growing in following Jesus in every area of our lives and then we are to be teaching that to others. This is the discipleship which Jesus commissioned the church to be carrying out in Matthew 28:18-20. This is the main concrete purpose that God has for our lives as Christians as we remain on earth.
Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Again, most of us are not teachers in a big group sense. Most of us are not preachers. But all of us should be pursuing learning the foundational, elementary principles of the Word of God and then becoming disciplers of others as we grow in using our spiritual gifts. Those are the direct implications of Hebrews 5 and Matthew 28. If we have been saved some time we ought to be teachers in some sense—or, we are failing and need to be taught again the foundational truths so that we can do what we ought to do according to God’s great commission for us.
No, we may not be eloquent, or even comfortable at it. But that’s not the point. Obediently serving others within God’s design is. We are not someone else. That’s okay. We do not need to try being someone else or to do things the exact way they do. But we can and should be pursuing Christ-likeness and truly following Jesus. If we do that, then we will use the gifts, abilities, and circumstances that we are in to pass along what wisdom we have learned. In line with that, we will also continue to be humble enough to realize our need to keep learning from others. They too have insight and wisdom in following Jesus from the metaphorical “gray hair” of experience that they have had.
This is God’s design for the church, for our families, and for our nations. He wants to use our different gifts, abilities, and strengths to work together to accomplish His good and perfect purposes.
Truth in Connection: As we connect this to our lives further, we can see the interworking importance of differing roles and abilities in God’s design for spiritual gifts in the church in Romans 12:3-8.
Romans 12:3-8 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. 4 For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; 7 if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
In the body of Christ God has gifted each member with spiritual gifts and abilities. Our gifts are different, as are our functions. Some may be the metaphorical “strength” of the young, or the wisdom of the aged. Regardless, we need to use our gifts wholeheartedly to the best of our ability. We need to work together with each other’s gifts to carry out God’s purposes. 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 reiterates this and shows us the source and strength of these gifts.
1 Corinthian 12:4-7 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 6 There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. 7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
A spiritual gift is the manifestation or outworking of the Holy Spirit within us to serve others for the common good. How that works precisely will vary by the person that it comes through. The key thing here, though, is that it is from and by the Holy Spirit. This is not just some natural ability. Spiritual gifts are God’s work through us to serve others. Because of that, it may be something that is not easy or natural at all for us. What will that look like? Galatians 5 tells us what the fruit of the Spirit is in our lives.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Our service to help the body of Christ will be some action carried out in those ways. It will overcome our natural fleshly, sinful tendencies to be a selfless, loving, God-produced, serving action. Because of that, I am much more inclined to think that using a spiritual gift will at times be quite challenging, stretching, and outside of our natural tendencies as God’s Spirit stretches us and pushes us to love and serve like Jesus loves. Regardless of whether they are easy or hard, these are things that God does in and through us. Because of that, He will bless it and give it fruit to accomplish His purposes—if it is truly a gift from Him. Ephesians 4:7-16 gives us more details on what this might look like. It also reveals the end purposes within the church that God is working out through them.
Ephesians 4:7-16 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says, “WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN.” 9 (Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) 11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. 14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
These are God-given gifts to help us all come to a maturity in being disciples who follow Jesus Christ in every aspect of our lives. All of the gifts of all parts of the body are needed to accomplish this growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. To do this, that means we are going to have to appreciate the gifts of others and allow them to impact us. It also means that we are going to have to look for where our Spirit given gifts can be used in the different circumstances, roles, and phases of our lives and then use them. Others gifts are needed, as are ours. If we do not appreciate, learn, and benefit from others gifts we will be turning down help from God. Likewise, if we do not use our gifts, we will be withholding God’s gift to others that He meant for them to have in order for them to benefit and grow up to maturity.
Given all this, we ought to ask ourselves if we are receiving God’s gifts by His Spirit through other people like we should be. Conversely, we ought to ask ourselves if we are allowing God to work through us to love and serve others with our gifts like He designed us do. Our circumstances and abilities may vary, but when it is God’s Spirit providing a gift to work through us then somehow we will be enabled to find a way to use it. We may be flat on our back in a hospital bed and still able to be an encouragement and help to someone else. We can pray for people. We can faithfully endure. We can be a testimony of keeping our eyes on Jesus through trials. We can finish well by serving Him faithfully until the end.
If you live this way, it will indeed be your glory, honor, and crown of beauty. For those who are older, pass along your wisdom. Disciple others until Jesus calls you home and tells you your race is over. For those who are still younger, zealously use your strength, ability, and opportunities to accomplish all that God has for you while continuing to be teachable. Learn from those older who are passing along their wisdom. Help them in the things that they need. As you are able, begin passing along the wisdom you learn to those who are yet younger than you. In the end, we all need each other. May we each see that and walk in the fruit of the Spirit by the gifts of the Spirit to serve and help one another.
If you have not trusted in Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then that is where you need to start. That is what the wisdom of the aged would tell you right now. This is what you need to hear. You may have strength, energy, ability, plans, and your whole life seemingly ahead of you. But there is a problem that will ruin it all: sin. Our sin is a defiance of God. It is a perverting of what He made for good into evil. We are all born sinners, and commit sin. We think, speak, and do sin. Through that, we have ruined God’s perfect world and keep making it worse. This defiance of Him has a consequences. It is spiritual and physical death. It is eternal separation from God under His eternal judgment. That is what we deserve.
The problem beyond all this is that we cannot fix it or undo it. All our righteousness is as filthy rags in God’s eyes (Isaiah 64:6). He sees every one of our wicked, selfish motives. Thus, our situation is hopeless on our own. We need God’s redemption. We need God’s solution. We need God’s salvation. We need God to justify us and make us righteous. That is why Jesus came. He came to do what we could not do. He went to the cross, paid the full penalty for our sin by bearing death and judgment for all those trust in Him as Lord and Savior. Then He rose from the dead and conquered sin and death. Turn to Him today. Trust Him. He is the only one who can save you. Turn in repentance from your destructive, sinful, evil way to His forgiveness and life. Become a part of the body of Christ and begin to live in the life that He has created and designed. Receive His Spirit to change your heart, mind, and life so that you can walk in true love, honesty, righteousness, and truth. This is how an individual, a family, a church, and a nation can truly thrive. May it be what we each humbly pursue.
Conclusion
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1 Cf. HALOT, בָּחוּר.
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