watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
The 1611 reading
Watch yee, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men: be strong.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To remain awake, alert, attentive, vigilant, observant, or on guard. Sense 2: A guard or guard duty, a station or group keeping guard, or a division of the night so guarded.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 31:49
Complete exact-word concordance
watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Watch yee, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men: be strong.
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thankesgiuing:
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Therefore let vs not sleepe, as doe others: but let vs watch and be sober.
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
But watch thou in all things, indure afflictions, doe the worke of an Euangelist, make full proofe of thy ministery.
1611 marginal noteOr, fulfill.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Obey them that haue the rule ouer you, and submit your selues: for they watch for your soules, as they that must giue account, that they may doe it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.
1611 marginal noteOr, guide.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
But the ende of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober and watch vnto prayer.
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Remember therefore, how thou hast receiued and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not know what houre I will come vpon thee.
1611 marginal note1.Thess. 5.2. 2.pet. 3.10.
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