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Job 15:24–26

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Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
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From verse 24

  1. Proverbs 24:34Rank 1 from verse 24
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    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  2. Proverbs 6:11Rank 2 from verse 24
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    11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  3. Isaiah 13:3Rank 3 from verse 24
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    3I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

  4. Job 6:2–4Rank 4 from verse 24
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    2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

    3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  5. Matthew 26:37–38Rank 5 from verse 24
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    37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

    38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

From verse 25

  1. Daniel 5:23Rank 1 from verse 25
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    23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  2. Job 9:4Rank 2 from verse 25
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    4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

  3. Psalms 52:7Rank 3 from verse 25
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    7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  4. Psalms 73:9Rank 4 from verse 25
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    9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  5. 1 Samuel 6:6Rank 5 from verse 25
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    6Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

From verse 26

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:13–17Rank 1 from verse 26
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    13Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

    14Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

    15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

    16And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

    17He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

  2. 2 Chronicles 28:22Rank 2 from verse 26
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    22¶ And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz.

  3. Genesis 49:8Rank 3 from verse 26
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    8¶ Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.

  4. Job 16:12Rank 4 from verse 26
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    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.

  5. Psalms 18:40Rank 5 from verse 26
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    40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

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Job 15:24

COMBINED MEANING

trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

anguish

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Extreme distress, pain, grief, or oppressive trouble of body, mind, spirit, or heart.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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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

COMBINED MEANING

make

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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

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

king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ready

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Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.

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

COMBINED MEANING

battle

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1. Armed fighting or conflict between opposing forces; an engagement or warfare. 2. A battle line, array, or body of forces prepared or engaged for combat.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 15:25

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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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.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Job 15:26

COMBINED MEANING

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

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

on

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thick

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Sense 1: Dense, deep, close, crowded, or not thin. Sense 2: To a great depth or in close succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

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25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

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26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

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27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

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