I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 5:3 · retained source text
I haue seene the foolish taking roote: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of take, meaning to receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 2 Chronicles 19:7
Complete exact-word concordance
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I haue seene the foolish taking roote: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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