Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
The 1611 reading
Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but now haue I kept thy word.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Troubled, oppressed, chastened, or made to suffer.
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First occurrence: Exodus 1:12
Complete exact-word concordance
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but now haue I kept thy word.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
It is good for me that I haue bene afflicted: that I might learne thy statutes.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
I knowe, O LORD, that thy iudgements are right: and that thou in faithfulnesse hast afflicted me.
1611 marginal noteHeb. righteousnesse.
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.
I am afflicted very much: quicken mee, O LORD, according vnto thy word.
MANY a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
¶ Many a time haue they afflicted me from my youth: may Israel now say.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Many a time haue they afflicted me from my youth: yet they haue not preuailed against mee.
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
I know that the LORD will maintaine the cause of the afflicted: and the right of the poore.
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
All the dayes of the afflicted are euill: but he that is of a merry heart, hath a continuall feast.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Rob not the poore because he is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in the gate.
1611 marginal noteZach.7.10
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruine.
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