What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 34:7 · retained source text
What man is like Iob, who drinketh vp scorning like water?
KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of scorn, meaning to despise, deride, ridicule, or mock.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 34:7
Complete exact-word concordance
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
What man is like Iob, who drinketh vp scorning like water?
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Our soule is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease: and with the contempt of the proud.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye loue simplicitie? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fooles hate knowledge?
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