Job 18:3
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Wherefore are wee counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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- Psalms 73:22Rank 1 from verse 3
- Ecclesiastes 3:18Rank 4 from verse 3
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.
18‖I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sonnes of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselues are beasts.
- Job 12:7–8Rank 5 from verse 3
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.
7But aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the foules of the aire, and they shall tell thee.
8Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto thee.
- Romans 12:10Rank 6 from verse 3
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Job 18:3
1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.
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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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Low, base, contemptible, shameful, dishonourable, of little worth, or in a humbled condition.
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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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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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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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18:1THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
18:1¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said,
18:2How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
18:2How long will it bee, ere you make an ende of words? Marke, and afterwards we will speake.
18:3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
18:3Wherefore are wee counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Selected passage18:4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
18:4He teareth †himselfe in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rocke bee remooued out of his place?
18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe put out, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.
18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
18:6The light shalbe darke in his tabernacle, and his ‖candle shalbe put out with him.
18:7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
18:7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.
18:8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
18:8For hee is cast into a net by his owne feete, & he walketh vpon a snare.
18:9The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
18:9The grinne shall take him by the heele, and the robber shall preuaile against him.
18:10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
18:10The snare is †laide for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
18:11Terrours shall make him afraid on euery side, and shall †driue him to his feete.
18:12His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
18:12His strength shalbe hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
18:13It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
18:13It shall deuoure the †strength of his skinne: euen the first borne of death shall deuoure his strength.
18:14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
18:14*His confidence shalbe rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrours.
18:15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
18:15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered vpon his habitation.
18:16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
18:16His rootes shall be dryed vp beneath: and aboue shall his branch be cut off.
18:17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
18:17*His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and hee shall haue no name in the streete.
18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
18:18†He shall be driuen from light into darkenesse, and chased out of the world.
18:19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
18:19Hee shall neither haue sonne nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
18:20They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
18:20They that come after him shalbe astonied at his day, as they that ‖went before, †were affrighted.
18:21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
18:21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.