Job 19:17
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the childrens sake of †mine owne body.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. my belly.
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- Job 2:9–10Rank 1 from verse 17
9¶ Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
9¶ Then saide his wife vnto him, Doest thou still reteine thine integritie? Curse God, and die.
10But he said vnto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh; what? shall wee receiue good at the hand of God, and shall wee not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.
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Job 19:17
Sense 1: Air drawn in or breathed out. Sense 2: The breath by which bodily life is sustained; by extension, bodily life.
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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
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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.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.
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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.
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16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
16I called my seruant, and he gaue me no answere: I intreated him with my mouth.
17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
17My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the childrens sake of †mine owne body.
Selected passage18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
18Yea, ‖yong children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.