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fail

Meaning of “fail”

Sense 1: To become deficient; to be insufficient; to cease to be abundant for supply. Sense 2: To be entirely wanting.

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64 occurrences64 verses24 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 47:16

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Psalms 69:3
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 69:3 · retained source text

I am weary of my crying, my throate is dried: mine eyes faile while I waite for my God.

Psalms 77:8
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 77:8 · retained source text

Is his mercy cleane gone for euer? doth his promise faile for euermore?

1611 marginal noteHeb. to generation and generation.

Psalms 89:33
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 89:33 · retained source text

Neuerthelesse, my louing kindnesse will I not vtterly take from him: nor suffer my faithfulnesse to faile.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I will not make voyd from him.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to lye.

Psalms 119:123
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 119:123 · retained source text

Mine eyes faile for thy saluation: and for the word of thy righteousnesse.

Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 22:8 · retained source text

Hee that soweth iniquitie, shall reape vanitie: and the rodde of his anger shall faile.

1611 marginal noteOr, and with the rod of his anger he shalbe consumed.

1611 marginal noteIob 4.8. hos.10.13.

Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:5 · retained source text

Also when they shalbe afraid of that which is high, and feares shall bee in the way, and the Almond tree shall flourish, and the grashopper shall be a burden, and desire shall faile: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners goe about the streets:

Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:3 · retained source text

And the spirit of Egypt shall faile in the midst thereof, and I will destroy the counsell thereof: and they shall seeke to the idoles, and to the charmers, and to them that haue familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall be emptied.

1611 marginal noteHeb. swallow vp.

Isaiah 19:5
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:5 · retained source text

And the waters shall faile from the sea, and the riuer shalbe wasted, and dried vp.

Isaiah 21:16
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
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1611 witness · Isaiah 21:16 · retained source text

For thus hath the LORD sayd vnto me: Within a yeere, according to the yeeres of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall faile.

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