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Job 21:17–26

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How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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From verse 17

  1. Job 18:5–6Rank 1 from verse 17
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    5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  2. Proverbs 13:9Rank 2 from verse 17
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    9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  3. Proverbs 20:20Rank 3 from verse 17
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    20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

  4. Job 18:18Rank 4 from verse 17
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    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  5. Luke 12:46Rank 5 from verse 17
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    46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

From verse 18

  1. Psalms 1:4Rank 1 from verse 18
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    4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

  2. Psalms 83:13Rank 2 from verse 18
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    13O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

  3. Job 13:25Rank 3 from verse 18
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    25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

  4. Psalms 35:5Rank 4 from verse 18
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    5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.

  5. Isaiah 17:13Rank 5 from verse 18
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    13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

From verse 19

  1. Exodus 20:5Rank 1 from verse 19
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    5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

  2. Ezekiel 18:19–20Rank 2 from verse 19
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    19¶ Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

    20The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

  3. Ezekiel 18:2Rank 3 from verse 19
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    2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

  4. Isaiah 14:21Rank 4 from verse 19
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    21Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

  5. Isaiah 53:4–6Rank 5 from verse 19
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    4¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

    5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

    6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

From verse 20

  1. Isaiah 51:17Rank 1 from verse 20
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    17¶ Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

  2. Psalms 75:8Rank 2 from verse 20
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    8For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

  3. Revelation 14:10Rank 3 from verse 20
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    10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

  4. Jeremiah 25:15–16Rank 4 from verse 20
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    15¶ For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

    16And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

  5. Jeremiah 51:7Rank 5 from verse 20
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    7Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

From verse 21

  1. Job 14:5Rank 1 from verse 21
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    5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

  2. Ecclesiastes 2:18–19Rank 2 from verse 21
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    18¶ Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

    19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

  3. Job 14:21Rank 3 from verse 21
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    21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

  4. Luke 16:27–28Rank 4 from verse 21
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    27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:

    28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

  5. Psalms 102:24Rank 5 from verse 21
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    24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

From verse 22

  1. Romans 11:34Rank 1 from verse 22
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    34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller?

  2. 1 Corinthians 2:16Rank 2 from verse 22
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    16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

  3. Isaiah 40:13–14Rank 3 from verse 22
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    13Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counseller hath taught him?

    14With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

  4. 1 Corinthians 6:3Rank 4 from verse 22
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    3Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

  5. 2 Peter 2:4Rank 5 from verse 22
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    4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

From verse 23

  1. Job 20:22–23Rank 1 from verse 23
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    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

    23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

  2. Luke 12:19–21Rank 2 from verse 23
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    19And 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?

    21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  3. Psalms 49:17Rank 3 from verse 23
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    17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

  4. Psalms 73:4–5Rank 4 from verse 23
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    4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

    5They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

From verse 24

  1. Proverbs 3:8Rank 1 from verse 24
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    8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

  2. Job 15:27Rank 2 from verse 24
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    27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

  3. Psalms 17:10Rank 3 from verse 24
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    10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

From verse 25

  1. Ezekiel 4:16–17Rank 1 from verse 25
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    16Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

    17That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

  2. Job 7:11Rank 2 from verse 25
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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  3. 1 Kings 17:12Rank 3 from verse 25
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    12And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

  4. 2 Samuel 17:8Rank 4 from verse 25
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    8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

  5. Ecclesiastes 6:2Rank 5 from verse 25
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    2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

From verse 26

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:2Rank 1 from verse 26
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    2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

  2. Isaiah 14:11Rank 2 from verse 26
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    11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

  3. Job 20:11Rank 3 from verse 26
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    11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

  4. Job 3:18–19Rank 4 from verse 26
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    18There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

    19The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

  5. Job 17:14Rank 5 from verse 26
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    14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 21:17

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

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

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 21:18

COMBINED MEANING

stubble

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The dry stalks left after grain is cut or threshed, easily driven or burned.

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

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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wind

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Sense 1: Air in motion; a current of air. Sense 2: Breath or a movement of air from breathing. Sense 3: By figure, something empty, unstable, or passing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

chaff

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The light, dry husks or refuse separated from grain, easily driven by wind or burned.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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storm

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A violent disturbance of wind and weather; a tempest or rushing, raging agitation, also used in comparisons for overwhelming force.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Job 21:19

COMBINED MEANING

layeth

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Third-person singular present form of lay. Sense 1: To put, place, set, arrange, deposit, apply, establish, impose, or cause to be in a stated position or condition. Sense 2: In lay with, to have sexual relations. Sense 3: To press or bear upon. Sense 4: In lay up, lay by, or lay in store, to keep, store, or treasure; in lay wait, lay snares, lay an ambush, or lay siege, to prepare or set. Sense 5: In lay hold or lay hands on, to seize, take, apprehend, or touch. Sense 6: In lay down one's life, to surrender or give it; in lay aside, lay apart, or lay away, to remove, reject, or put off.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 21:20

COMBINED MEANING

eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

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

COMBINED MEANING

destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

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

COMBINED MEANING

wrath

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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 21:21

COMBINED MEANING

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

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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number

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Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cut

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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

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

COMBINED MEANING

midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Job 21:22

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

teach

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To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

seeing

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1. As a connective, because, since, or in view of a stated fact. 2. Perceiving with the eyes; observing. 3. Recognizing, discerning, understanding, or foreseeing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Job 21:23

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ease

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Sense 1: Freedom or relief from pain, labour, trouble, or restraint. Sense 2: To relieve, quiet, or make less difficult.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

quiet

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Sense 1: Stillness, rest, peace, or freedom from disturbance. Sense 2: Calm or still, or to make calm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 21:24

COMBINED MEANING

breasts

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Plural form of breast (the front part of the body between the neck and the belly).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

marrow

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Sense 1: The inner substance of bones. Sense 2: By extension, richness or nourishment.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Job 21:25

COMBINED MEANING

another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

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

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bitterness

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1. Deep grief, anguish, or painful distress. 2. A bitter or harmful disposition, condition, or expression, including resentment or hostility.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

never

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Sense 1: Not ever; at no time or in no case. Sense 2: In never so constructions, however or no matter how much.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eateth

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Third-person singular present form of eat, meaning to take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 21:26

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

lie

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Sense 1: To recline, rest, remain, or be situated. Sense 2: In ‘lie with,’ to have sexual intercourse. Sense 3: To speak falsely. Sense 4: A false statement or deception.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

worms

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Sense 1: Small creeping creatures or larvae. Sense 2: Figures of lowliness, corruption, or consuming judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

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24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

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25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

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27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

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