KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 17:7–8
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Job 17:7
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
7Mine eye also is dimme by reason of sorrow, and all ‖my members are as a shadow.
- Or, my thoughts.
Job 17:8
8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stirre vp himselfe against the hypocrite.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 17:7
The organ of sight; also to look upon or observe attentively.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Faint or lacking brightness or clarity; also to obscure or make less bright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A ground or cause; understanding or judgment; to think, discuss, or argue.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Grief, mental pain, distress, or mourning; also to grieve.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Limbs or subordinate parts of bodies; individual constituents belonging to larger bodies.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Shade from light; a dark outline; or a figure of protection, transience, or a coming reality, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 17:8
Straight or erect; also honest, just, and faithful to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Astonished; struck with amazement, wonder, or fear.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Free from guilt in a matter; not blameworthy, harmful, or deserving punishment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To move, rouse, or provoke; as a noun, movement, commotion, or tumult.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
One who pretends to virtue or godliness while concealing a contrary character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
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Open the full verse study7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
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Open the full verse study9Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
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Open the full verse study12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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Open the full verse study8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
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Open the full verse study17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
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Open the full verse study23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
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Open the full verse study8¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
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Open the full verse study13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
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Open the full verse study46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
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Open the full verse study19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
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Open the full verse study30That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
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Open the full verse study12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
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Open the full verse study33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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