Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:16 · retained source text
Or as an hidden vntimely birth, I had not bene; as infants which neuer saw light.
KJV dictionary & concordance
untimely
Meaning of “untimely”
Happening before the usual time.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
4 occurrences4 verses4 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Job 3:16
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “untimely”
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 58:8 · retained source text
As a snaile which melteth, let euery one of them passe away: like the vntimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sunne.
¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 6:3 · retained source text
¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and liue many yeeres, so that the dayes of his yeeres bee many: and his soule be not filled with good, and also that he haue no buriall, I say, that an vntimely birth is better then he.
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 6:13 · retained source text
And the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth, euen as a figge tree casteth her vntimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty winde.
1611 marginal noteOr.greene figs.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗Happening before the usual time.