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Job 10:17

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Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
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  1. Job 16:8Rank 1 from verse 17
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    8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

  2. Ruth 1:21Rank 2 from verse 17
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    21I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

  3. Jeremiah 48:11Rank 3 from verse 17
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    11¶ Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

  4. Job 16:11–16Rank 4 from verse 17
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    11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

    12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

    13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

    14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

    15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

    16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

  5. Job 19:6–11Rank 5 from verse 17
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    6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

    8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

    9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

    10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

    11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

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Job 10:17

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

witnesses

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Sense 1: Persons who testify from knowledge. Sense 2: As a verb, attests, testifies, or gives evidence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

increasest

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Second-person singular present form of increase, meaning to grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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changes

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Sense 1: Alterations, exchanges, or transitions from one state to another. Sense 2: Alters or replaces.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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war

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Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

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18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

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