KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 21:12–13
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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.
Job 21:13
13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
13They spend their daies ‖in wealth, and in a moment goe downe to the graue.
- Or, in mirth.
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DEFINED WORDS
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)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 21:13
To pass time, days, or years in a stated manner.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Prosperity, welfare, well-being, or substantial standing.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A very short time; also weight or importance.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A place of burial; serious, weighty, or sober; as a verb, to carve or engrave.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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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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Open the full verse study11If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
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Open the full verse study19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
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Open the full verse study28Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
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Open the full verse study38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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Open the full verse study4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
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