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Job 18:3

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Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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  1. Psalms 73:22Rank 1 from verse 3
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    22So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

  2. Job 17:10Rank 2 from verse 3
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    10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

  3. Job 17:4Rank 3 from verse 3
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    4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

  4. Ecclesiastes 3:18Rank 4 from verse 3
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    18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

  5. Job 12:7–8Rank 5 from verse 3
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    7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

    8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

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Job 18:3

COMBINED MEANING

wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

counted

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Sense 1: Past tense or past participle of count: numbered or calculated. Sense 2: Past tense or past participle of count: reckoned, regarded, esteemed, or accounted as.

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COMBINED MEANING

vile

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Low, base, contemptible, shameful, dishonourable, of little worth, or in a humbled condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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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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COMBINED MEANING

your

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

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2How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

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4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

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