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ready

Meaning of “ready”

Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.

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100 occurrences99 verses36 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:6

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Psalms 21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 21:12 · retained source text

Therefore shalt thou make them turne their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrowes vpon thy strings, against the face of them.

1611 marginal noteOr, thou shalt set them as a butte.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shoulder.

Psalms 38:17
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 38:17 · retained source text

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

1611 marginal noteHeb. for haulting.

Psalms 45:1
MY heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 45:1 · retained source text

¶ My heart is inditing a good matter: I speake of the things which I haue made, touching the King: my tongue is the penne of a ready writer.

Psalms 86:5
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 86:5 · retained source text

For thou LORD art good, and ready to forgiue: and plenteous in mercie vnto all them that call vpon thee.

1611 marginal noteIoel 2.13.

Psalms 88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 88:15 · retained source text

I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.

Proverbs 24:11
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 24:11 · retained source text

If thou forbeare to deliuer them that are drawen vnto death, and those that are ready to be slaine:

1611 marginal notePsal. 82.4

Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 31:6 · retained source text

Giue strong drinke vnto him that is ready to perish, and wine vnto those that be of heauie hearts.

1611 marginal noteHebr. bitter of soule.

1611 marginal notePsal. 104.15.

Ecclesiastes 5:1
KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:1 · retained source text

¶ Kepe thy foote when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to heare, then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they consider not that they doe euill.

1611 marginal note1.Sam.15 22. psal.50.8. prou.15.8. & 21.27.

Isaiah 27:13
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 27:13 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, that the great trumpet shall bee blowen, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Ierusalem.

Isaiah 30:13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 30:13 · retained source text

Therefore this iniquitie shalbe to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking commeth suddenly at an instant.

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In a state of preparation, so as to need no delay.

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