Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
The 1611 reading
Shall it bee told him that I speake? if a man speake, surely he shalbe swallowed vp.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 3:11
Complete exact-word concordance
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Shall it bee told him that I speake? if a man speake, surely he shalbe swallowed vp.
WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
¶ Wee haue heard with our eares, O God, our fathers haue told vs, what worke thou didst in their dayes, in the times of old.
WHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
¶ Why boastest thou thy selfe in mischiefe, O mightie man? the goodnesse of God indureth continually.
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Which we haue heard, & knowen: and our fathers haue told vs.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
For all our dayes are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our yeeres as a tale that is told.
1611 marginal noteHebr. turned away.
1611 marginal noteOr, as a meditation.
¶ Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
¶ Yea though he liue a thousand yeeres twice told, yet hath he seene no good: Doe not all goe to one place?
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
And it was told the house of Dauid, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim: and his heart was moued, and the heart of his people as the trees of the wood are mooued with the wind.
1611 marginal noteHeb. resteth on Ephraim.
¶ Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
¶ Then came Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah, that was ouer the houshold, and Shebna the Scribe, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the Recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and tolde him the wordes of Rabshakeh.
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Haue yee not knowen? haue yee not heard? hath it not beene tolde you from the beginning? haue yee not vnderstood from the foundations of the earth?
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
Feare yee not, neither be afraid: haue not I told thee from that time, and haue declared it? yee are euen my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea there is no God, I know not any.
1611 marginal noteHeb. rocke.
1611 marginal noteChap.45.5. deut.4.35.39. and 32.39. 1.sam.2.2.
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