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lettest

Meaning of “lettest”

Second-person singular present form of let. Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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3 occurrences3 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 15:13

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Every verse containing “lettest”

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Job 41:1
CANST thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 41:1 · retained source text

¶ Canst thou draw out Leuiathan with an hooke? or his tongue with a corde which thou lettest downe?

1611 marginal noteThat is, a whale or a whirlepoole.

1611 marginal noteHeb. which thou drownest.

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