The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the speare, the dart, nor the habergeon.
1611 marginal noteOr, brestplate.
KJV dictionary & concordance
A pointed missile weapon thrown or thrust.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 41:26
Complete exact-word concordance
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the speare, the dart, nor the habergeon.
1611 marginal noteOr, brestplate.
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
For they could not indure that which was commaunded: And if so much as a beast touch the Mountaine, it shall be stoned, or thrust thorow with a dart.
Source order
1 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
A pointed missile weapon thrown by the hand; a short lance; anything that pierces and wounds.