How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 9:14 · retained source text
How much lesse shall I answere him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
KJV dictionary & concordance
choose
Meaning of “choose”
To select or prefer from among alternatives.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
59 occurrences58 verses16 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 17:9
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “choose”
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 34:4 · retained source text
Let vs chuse to vs iudgement: let vs know among our selues what is good.
Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 34:33 · retained source text
Should it bee according to thy minde? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou chuse, and not I: therefore speake what thou knowest.
1611 marginal noteHebr. Should it be from with thee?
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 25:12 · retained source text
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall chuse.
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 47:4 · retained source text
He shall chuse our inheritance for vs, the excellencie of Iacob whom hee loued. Selah.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 1:29 · retained source text
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the LORD.
¶ Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 3:31 · retained source text
¶ Enuie thou not the oppressour, and choose none of his wayes.
1611 marginal noteHebr. a man of violence.
1611 marginal notePsal. 37 1.
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:15 · retained source text
Butter and hony shall he eat, that hee may know to refuse the euill, and choose the good.
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:16 · retained source text
For before the childe shall know to refuse the euill and choose the good; the land that thou abhorrest, shalbe forsaken of both her kings.
FOR the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 14:1 · retained source text
¶ For the LORD wil haue mercie on Iacob, and wil yet choose Israel, and set them in their owne land: and the strangers shalbe ioyned with them, and they shal cleaue to the house of Iacob.
Complete reference index — all 58 verses
Exodus 17:9Numbers 16:7Numbers 17:5Deuteronomy 7:7Deuteronomy 12:5Deuteronomy 12:11Deuteronomy 12:14Deuteronomy 12:18Deuteronomy 12:26Deuteronomy 14:23Deuteronomy 14:24Deuteronomy 14:25Deuteronomy 15:20Deuteronomy 16:2Deuteronomy 16:6Deuteronomy 16:7Deuteronomy 16:15Deuteronomy 16:16Deuteronomy 17:8Deuteronomy 17:10Deuteronomy 17:15Deuteronomy 18:6Deuteronomy 23:16Deuteronomy 26:2Deuteronomy 30:19Deuteronomy 31:11Joshua 9:27Joshua 24:151 Samuel 2:281 Samuel 17:82 Samuel 16:182 Samuel 17:12 Samuel 21:62 Samuel 24:121 Kings 14:211 Kings 18:231 Kings 18:251 Chronicles 21:101 Chronicles 21:11Nehemiah 9:7Job 9:14Job 34:4Job 34:33Psalms 25:12Psalms 47:4Proverbs 1:29Proverbs 3:31Isaiah 7:15Isaiah 7:16Isaiah 14:1Isaiah 49:7Isaiah 56:4Isaiah 65:12Isaiah 66:4Ezekiel 21:19Zechariah 1:17Zechariah 2:12Philippians 1:22
Where “choose” appears
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Exodus1 occurrence
1 verseNumbers2 occurrences
2 versesDeuteronomy23 occurrences
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4 verses1 Kings3 occurrences
3 verses1 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 versesNehemiah1 occurrence
1 verseJob3 occurrences
3 versesPsalms2 occurrences
2 versesProverbs2 occurrences
2 versesIsaiah7 occurrences
7 versesEzekiel2 occurrences
1 verseZechariah2 occurrences
2 versesPhilippians1 occurrence
1 verse
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2 versesDeuteronomy23 occurrences
23 versesJoshua2 occurrences
2 verses1 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel4 occurrences
4 verses1 Kings3 occurrences
3 verses1 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 versesNehemiah1 occurrence
1 verseJob3 occurrences
3 versesPsalms2 occurrences
2 versesProverbs2 occurrences
2 versesIsaiah7 occurrences
7 versesEzekiel2 occurrences
1 verseZechariah2 occurrences
2 versesPhilippians1 occurrence
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Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗To have the power of choice.