Job 16:20
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
My friends †scorne me: but mine eye powreth out teares vnto God.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. are my scorners.
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- Hebrews 5:7Rank 1 from verse 20
7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
7‖Who in the dayes of his flesh, when hee had offered vp prayers and supplications, with strong crying and teares, vnto him that was able to saue him from death, and was heard, in that he feared.
- Psalms 142:2Rank 2 from verse 20
- Job 12:4–5Rank 3 from verse 20
4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he answereth him: the iust vpright man is laughed to scorne.
5He that is ready to slippe with his feet, is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
- Luke 6:11–12Rank 6 from verse 20
11And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
11And they were filled with madnesse, and communed one with another what they might doe to Iesus.
12And it came to passe in those dayes, that hee went out into a mountaine to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
- Psalms 109:4Rank 7 from verse 20
- Hosea 12:4–5Rank 8 from verse 20
4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
5Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.
4*Yea, he had power ouer the Angel and preuailed: hee wept and made supplication vnto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with vs.
5*Euen the LORD God of hosts, the LORD is his memoriall.
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Job 16:20
Persons joined to others by affection, goodwill, familiarity, or alliance.
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1. To despise, deride, ridicule, or mock. 2. Contempt, derision, ridicule, or mockery.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The bodily organ of sight; by extension, sight or seeing. Sense 2: Regard, judgment, disposition, or watchful attention, expressed figuratively by the eye. Sense 3: A small opening, as the eye of a needle. Sense 4: To watch or regard.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Drops of fluid shed from the eyes in weeping, grief, pain, or strong feeling.
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The one true God.
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19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
19Also now, behold my witnesse is in heauen, and my record is †on high.
20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
20My friends †scorne me: but mine eye powreth out teares vnto God.
Selected passage21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his ‖neighbour.