Job 15:17–19
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
I will shew thee, heare me, and that which I haue seene, I wil declare,
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Which wise men haue tolde from their fathers, and haue not hid it:
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Unto whom alone the earth was giuen, and no stranger passed among them.
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- Job 13:5–6Rank 1 from verse 17
From verse 18
- Isaiah 38:19Rank 2 from verse 18
- Psalms 71:18Rank 4 from verse 18
18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
18††Now also when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not: vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generation, and thy power to euery one that is to come.
- Psalms 78:3–6Rank 5 from verse 18
3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
3Which we haue heard, & knowen: and our fathers haue told vs.
4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come, the praises of the LORD: and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5*For he established a Testimony in Iacob, and appointed a Law in Israel, which he commaunded our fathers: that they should make them knowen to their children.
6That the generation to come might know them, euen the children which should be borne: who should arise and declare them to their children:
From verse 19
17So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
17†*So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy Mountaine: then shall Ierusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers passe through her any more.
- Deuteronomy 32:8Rank 2 from verse 19
8When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
8When the most High diuided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sonnes of Adam, hee set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Genesis 10:25Rank 3 from verse 19
- Genesis 10:32Rank 4 from verse 19
32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
32These are the families of the sonnes of Noah after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations diuided in the earth after the Flood.
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Job 15:17
Sense 1: To cause to see; to display, present, point out, or make visible. Sense 2: To reveal, disclose, declare, explain, teach, direct, or make known. Sense 3: To demonstrate, prove, manifest, or make evident. Sense 4: To exercise or perform kindness, mercy, favour, piety, or another stated disposition toward someone. Sense 5: An outward appearance, display, or presentation to view.
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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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To make known, tell, announce, proclaim, explain, show, or state plainly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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Job 15:18
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).
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Put, kept, or placed out of sight, knowledge, discovery, understanding, or danger; concealed, secret, covered, or withheld from perception.
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Job 15:19
The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.
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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: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of pass, meaning to go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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15:1THEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
15:1¶ Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
15:2Should a wise man vtter †vaine knowledge, and fill his belly with the East winde?
15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
15:3Should hee reason with vnprofitable talke? or with speeches wherewith he can doe no good?
15:4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
15:4Yea †thou castest off feare, and restrainest ‖prayer before God.
15:5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
15:5For thy mouth †vttereth thine iniquitie, and thou choosest the tongue of the craftie.
15:6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
15:6Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea thine owne lippes testifie against thee.
15:7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
15:7 Art thou the first man that was borne? or wast thou made before the hilles?
15:8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
15:8*Hast thou heard the secret of God? and doest thou restraine wisedome to thy selfe?
15:9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
15:9What knowest thou that we know not? what vnderstandest thou, which is not in vs?
15:10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
15:10With vs are both the gray headed, and very aged men, much elder then thy father.
15:11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
15:12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
15:12Why doeth thine heart carie thee away? and what doe thine eyes winke at,
15:13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
15:13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words goe out of thy mouth?
15:14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15:14*What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15:15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
15:15*Beholde, he putteth no trust in his Saints, yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
15:16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
15:16How much more abominable and filthie is man, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
15:17I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
15:17I will shew thee, heare me, and that which I haue seene, I wil declare,
Selected passage15:18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
15:18Which wise men haue tolde from their fathers, and haue not hid it:
Selected passage15:19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
15:19Unto whom alone the earth was giuen, and no stranger passed among them.
Selected passage15:20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
15:20The wicked man trauaileth with paine all his dayes, and the number of yeeres is hidden to the oppressour.
15:21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
15:21†A dreadfull sound is in his eares; in prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
15:22He beleeueth not that he shall returne out of darkenesse, and he is waited for, of the sword.
15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkenes is ready at his hand.
15:24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
15:24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall preuaile against him, as a king ready to the battell.
15:25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
15:25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himselfe against the Almightie.
15:26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
15:26He runneth vpon him, euen on his necke, vpon the thicke bosses of his bucklers:
15:27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
15:27Because he couereth his face with his fatnesse, and maketh collops of fat on his flankes.
15:28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
15:28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heapes.
15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof vpon the earth.
15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
15:30He shall not depart out of darkenesse, the flame shall drie vp his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he goe away.
15:31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
15:31Let not him that is deceiued, trust in vanitie: for vanitie shalbe his recompence.
15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
15:32It shall be ‖accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not bee greene.
15:33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
15:33He shal shake off his vnripe grape as the Uine, and shall cast off his flowre as the Oliue.
15:34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
15:34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of briberie.
15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
15:35They conceiue mischiefe, *and bring forth ‖vanitie, and their belly prepareth deceit.