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Job 19:22

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Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
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  1. Psalms 69:26Rank 1 from verse 22
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    26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

  2. Isaiah 51:23Rank 2 from verse 22
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    23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

  3. Job 10:16Rank 3 from verse 22
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    16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

  4. Job 13:25Rank 4 from verse 22
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    25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

  5. Job 16:11Rank 5 from verse 22
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    11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

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Job 19:22

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

persecute

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Trouble, afflict, or pursue after; to pursue, harass, or oppress.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

satisfied

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Past-tense or past-participial form of satisfy (to fill, content, supply sufficiently, or meet what is required).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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

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23Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

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