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cannot

Meaning of “cannot”

Is unable to; is not able to.

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184 occurrences175 verses42 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 19:19

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Job 5:12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 5:12 · retained source text

Hee disappointeth the deuices of the craftie, so that their hands cannot performe their enterprise.

1611 marginal noteOr, cannot performe anything.

1611 marginal noteNeh. 4.15. psal. 33.10. isa. 8.10.

Job 6:30
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 6:30 · retained source text

Is there iniquitie in my tongue? cannot my taste discerne peruerse things?

1611 marginal noteHebr. my palate.

Job 9:3
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 9:3 · retained source text

If he will contend with him, he cannot answere him one of a thousand.

Job 12:14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 12:14 · retained source text

Behold, he breaketh downe, and it cannot be built againe: hee shutteth vp a man, and there can be no opening.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpon.

1611 marginal noteIsa. 22.22.

1611 marginal noteApoc 3.7.

Job 14:5
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 14:5 · retained source text

Seeing his daies are determined, the number of his moneths are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot passe.

1611 marginal noteChap. 7.1.

Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 17:10 · retained source text

But as for you all, doe you returne, and come now, for I cannot find one wise man among you.

Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 19:8 · retained source text

Hee hath fenced vp my way that I cannot passe; and hee hath set darkenesse in my pathes.

Job 23:8
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 23:8 · retained source text

Behold, I goe forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceiue him:

Job 23:9
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 23:9 · retained source text

On the left hand where hee doeth worke, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himselfe on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

Job 28:15
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 28:15 · retained source text

It cannot be gotten for golde, neither shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof.

1611 marginal noteHeb. fine gold shall not be giuen for it.

1611 marginal notePro. 3.14. and 8.11,19. and 16.16.

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