KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 21:11–12
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Job 21:11
11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
11They send foorth their little ones like a flocke, and their children dance.
Job 21:12
12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
12They take the timbrell and harpe, and reioyce at the sound of the organe.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 21:11
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Persons or things considered individually or as members of a stated class.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To move the body or feet rhythmically, often in joy or celebration; also such movement.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Job 21:12
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
A small hand drum or tambourine.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A stringed musical instrument sounded by the fingers.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message; as an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error; as a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
The musical instrument called an organ in the KJV.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 11
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Open the full verse study41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
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Open the full verse study3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
From verse 12
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Open the full verse study4That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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Open the full verse study21And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
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Open the full verse study12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
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Open the full verse study27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
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Open the full verse study13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
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