Job 11:3
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Should thy ‖lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, deuises.
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2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
2Should a wise man vtter †vaine knowledge, and fill his belly with the East winde?
3Should hee reason with vnprofitable talke? or with speeches wherewith he can doe no good?
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Job 11:3
A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: False statements or deceptions. Sense 2: As a verb, reclines, remains, is situated, or speaks falsely.
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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.
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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
Second-person singular present form of mock. To ridicule or treat with scorn.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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1. Brought to shame, dishonour, confusion, or disappointed expectation. 2. Feeling or showing shame or embarrassment because of conduct, condition, or exposure. 3. Unwilling or reluctant to own, acknowledge, associate with, or do something because of shame.
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11:1THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
11:1¶ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should †a man ful of talke be iustified?
11:3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
11:3Should thy ‖lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Selected passage11:4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
11:4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
11:5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
11:5But, O that God would speake, and open his lippes against thee,
11:6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
11:6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisedome, that they are double to that which is: know therefore that God exacteth of thee lesse then thine iniquitie deserueth.
11:7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
11:7Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out the Almightie vnto perfection?
11:8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
11:8 It is †as high as heauen, what canst thou doe? deeper then hell, what canst thou know?
11:9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
11:9The measure therof is longer then the earth, and broader then the sea.
11:10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11:10If he ‖cut off, and shut vp, or gather together, then †who can hinder him?
11:11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
11:11For, he knoweth vaine men: hee seeth wickednesse also, will he not then consider it?
11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
11:12For †vaine man would be wise; though man be borne like a wilde asses coult.
11:13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
11:13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
11:14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
11:14If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let not wickednes dwell in thy tabernacles.
11:15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
11:15For then shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, yea thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not feare:
11:16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
11:16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that passe away:
11:17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
11:17And thine age †shalbe clearer then the noone day; thou shalt shine foorth, thou shalt be as the morning.
11:18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
11:18And thou shalt be secure because there is hope, yea thou shalt digge about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
11:19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
11:19*Also thou shalt lye downe, and none shall make thee afraid; yea many shall †make suite vnto thee.
11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and †they shall not escape, and *their hope shall be as the ‖giuing vp of the ghost.