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Job 21:17
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Job 21:17
17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
17How oft is the ‖candle of the wicked put out? and how oft commeth their destruction vpon them? God distributeth sorrowes in his anger.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 21:17
Often; frequently.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A figurative light whose exact referent—life, favor, prosperity, guidance, or the spirit of man—is stated by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
destruction
Ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or the calamity and loss produced by destroying.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
distributeth
To divide and give out in portions.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Griefs, pains, afflictions, or causes of distress.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Strong displeasure or indignation; as a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study5Yea, 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.
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Open the full verse study9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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Open the full verse study20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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Open the full verse study18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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Open the full verse study46The 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.
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Open the full verse study8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
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Open the full verse study20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
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Open the full verse study10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
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Open the full verse study7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
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Open the full verse study8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
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