Job 13:12–14
Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
Your remembrances are like vnto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
†Hold your peace, let me alone that I may speake, and let come on me what will.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. be silent from me
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Wherefore doe I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
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From verse 12
- 2 Corinthians 5:1Rank 1 from verse 12
1FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
1¶ For we know, that if our earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolued, wee haue a building of God, an house not made with hand, eternall in the heauens.
- Exodus 17:14Rank 2 from verse 12
14And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
14And the LORD said vnto Moses, Write this for a memoriall in a booke, and rehearse it in the eares of Ioshua: for *I will vtterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen.
- Genesis 18:27Rank 3 from verse 12
- Genesis 2:7Rank 4 from verse 12
- Isaiah 26:14Rank 5 from verse 12
14They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
14 They are dead, they shall not liue; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
- Proverbs 10:7Rank 8 from verse 12
- Psalms 102:12Rank 9 from verse 12
- Psalms 109:15Rank 10 from verse 12
- Psalms 34:16Rank 11 from verse 12
From verse 13
- Job 6:9–10Rank 5 from verse 13
9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
9Euen that it would please God to destroy mee, that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off.
10Then should I yet haue comfort, yea I would harden my selfe in sorrow; let him not spare, for I haue not concealed the words of the holy One.
- Job 7:15–16Rank 6 from verse 13
From verse 14
- Judges 12:3Rank 1 from verse 14
3And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
3And when I sawe that ye deliuered me not, I put my life in my handes, and passed ouer against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliuered them into my hand: Wherfore then are ye come vp vnto me this day, to fight against me?
- Psalms 119:109Rank 2 from verse 14
- 1 Samuel 19:5Rank 3 from verse 14
5For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
5For he did put his *life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, & the LORD wrought a great saluation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst reioyce: Wherefore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood, to slay Dauid without a cause?
- 1 Samuel 28:21Rank 4 from verse 14
21¶ And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
21¶ And the woman came vnto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and sayd vnto him, Behold, thine handmayd hath obeyed thy voice, and I haue put my life in my hand, and haue hearkened vnto thy words which thou spakest vnto me:
- Ecclesiastes 4:5Rank 5 from verse 14
- Isaiah 49:26Rank 7 from verse 14
26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
26*‖And I will feede them that oppresse thee, with their owne flesh, and they shall be drunken with their owne blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Sauiour and thy Redeemer, the mightie One of Iacob.
- Isaiah 9:20Rank 8 from verse 14
20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
20†And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry, and he shall eate on the left hand, and they shall not bee satisfied: they shall eate euery man the flesh of his owne arme.
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Job 13:12
The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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remembrances
Things kept or called to mind.
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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The powdery residue left after burning. Sense 2: A sign of mourning, humiliation, or ruin.
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Physical bodies, corpses, or organized wholes composed of members.
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Earth or soil that can be moistened, shaped, trodden, formed, or hardened, especially by a potter or brickmaker.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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Job 13:13
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
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hold your peace
Remain silent, be still, or refrain from speaking or answering.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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1. Without others, company, or help; by oneself. 2. Only or solely. 3. In "let ... alone," to leave undisturbed or refrain from interfering with.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.
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Job 13:14
1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. The hard structures in a person's or animal's jaws, chiefly used for biting and chewing. 2. Toothlike points or projections on a tool or instrument. 3. In ‘cast ... in his teeth,’ to reproach or taunt someone to his face.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.
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The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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13:11Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
13:11Shall not his excellencie make you afraid? and his dread fall vpon you?
13:12Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
13:12Your remembrances are like vnto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
Selected passage13:13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
13:13†Hold your peace, let me alone that I may speake, and let come on me what will.
Selected passage13:14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
13:14Wherefore doe I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Selected passage13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
13:15Though hee slay mee, yet will I trust in him: but I will †maintaine mine owne wayes before him.