Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 19:22 · retained source text
Why doe ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
KJV dictionary & concordance
persecute
Meaning of “persecute”
Trouble, afflict, or pursue after; to pursue, harass, or oppress.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Skeat 1893
25 occurrences25 verses8 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Job 19:22
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Every verse containing “persecute”
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 19:28 · retained source text
But ye should say, Why persecute we him? seeing the root of the matter is found in me.
1611 marginal noteOr, and what roote of matter is found in me?
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 7:1 · retained source text
¶ O LORD, my God, in thee doe I put my trust: saue me from all them that persecute me, and deliuer me.
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 7:5 · retained source text
Let the enemie persecute my soule, and take it, yea let him tread downe my life vpon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 10:2 · retained source text
The wicked in his pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the deuices that they haue imagined.
1611 marginal noteHeb. in the pride of the wicked be doth persecute.
1611 marginal notePsal.7.16 and 9.16. prou.5.22.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 31:15 · retained source text
My times are in thy hand: deliuer me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 35:3 · retained source text
Draw out also the speare, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 35:6 · retained source text
Let their way be darke and slippery, and let the Angel of the LORD persecute them.
1611 marginal noteHeb. darknesse and slipperinesse.
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 69:26 · retained source text
For they persecute him whō thou hast smitten, and they talke to the griefe of those whom thou hast wounded.
1611 marginal noteHebr. thy wounded.
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 71:11 · retained source text
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him, for there is none to deliuer him.
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Historical definitions
Cawdrey 1604
Open source edition ↗Trouble, afflict, or pursue after.
Skeat 1893
Open source edition ↗To pursue, harass, or oppress.