KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 12:8–9
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Job 12:8
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
8Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto thee.
Job 12:9
9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
9Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 12:8
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Aquatic animals; as a verb, catches fish.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To make known, announce, or show clearly.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
DEFINED WORDS
Job 12:9
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
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Open the full verse study5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
6And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
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Open the full verse study36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
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Open the full verse study7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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Open the full verse study35And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
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Open the full verse study17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
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Open the full verse study18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
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Open the full verse study17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
18But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
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Open the full verse study5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
7Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
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Open the full verse study3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
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Open the full verse study18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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