Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the graue, though they cry in his destruction.
1611 marginal noteHeb. heape.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.
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First occurrence: Genesis 35:20
Complete exact-word concordance
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the graue, though they cry in his destruction.
1611 marginal noteHeb. heape.
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
His soule draweth neere vnto the graue, and his life to the destroyers.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall giue thee thankes?
1611 marginal notePsal.30.12 & 88.11 &115.17. & 118.17. Esay.38.18.
O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
O LORD, thou hast brought vp my soule from the graue: thou hast kept me aliue, that I should not goe downe to the pit.
Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Let mee not be ashamed, O LORD, for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the graue.
1611 marginal noteOr, let them be cast off for the graue.
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Like sheepe they are layd in the graue, death shall feede on them; and the vpright shall haue dominion ouer them in the morning, and their beauty shall consume in the graue, from their dwelling.
1611 marginal noteOr, strength
1611 marginal noteOr, the graue being an habitation to euery one of them.
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
But God will redeeme my soule from the power of the graue; for he shall receiue me. Selah.
1611 marginal noteHeb. from the hand of the graue.
1611 marginal noteOr, hell.
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
For my soule is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh vnto the graue.
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Free among the dead, like the slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou remembrest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
1611 marginal noteOr, by thy hand.
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Shall thy louing kindnesse be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnesse in destruction?
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To carve; to write or delineate on hard substances; to practice engraving.