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Job 19:21

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Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
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  1. Job 1:11Rank 1 from verse 21
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    11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

  2. Psalms 38:2Rank 2 from verse 21
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    2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

  3. 1 Corinthians 12:26Rank 3 from verse 21
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    26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

  4. Hebrews 13:3Rank 4 from verse 21
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    3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

  5. Job 2:10Rank 5 from verse 21
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    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.

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Job 19:21

COMBINED MEANING

pity

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Sense 1: Compassion or sorrow awakened by another's distress. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel or show compassion.

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COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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for

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

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22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

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