The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
The 1611 reading
The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense or past-participial form of wait. Sense 1: Remained in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: Attended or served.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 49:18
Complete exact-word concordance
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
¶ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
¶ And it shalbe said in that day, Loe, this is our God, we haue waited for him, and he will saue vs: this is the LORD, we haue waited for him, we wil be glad, and reioyce in his saluation.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Yea in the way of thy Iudgements, O LORD, haue we waited for thee; the desire of our soule is to thy Name, and to the remembrance of thee.
O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
O LORD, be gratious vnto vs, we haue waited for thee: be thou their arme euery morning, our saluation also in the time of trouble.
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
Now when she saw that shee had waited, and her hope was lost, then she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a yong lion.
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good, but euill came downe from the LORD vnto the gate of Ierusalem.
1611 marginal noteOr, was grieued.
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.
And it was broken in that day: and so the poore of the flocke that waited vpon me, knew that it was the word of the LORD.
1611 marginal noteOr, the poore of the flocke, &c. certainly knewe.
Joseph of Arimathæa, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
Ioseph of Arimathea, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdome of God, came, and went in boldly vnto Pilate, and craued the body of Iesus.
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
And the people waited for Zacharias, and maruelled that hee taried so long in the temple.
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathæa, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
(The same had not consented to the counsell and deede of them) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Iewes (who also himselfe waited for the kingdome of God.)
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