Job 21:22–28
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he iudgeth those that are high.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
One dieth †in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. in his very perfection, or in the strength of his perfection.
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
His ‖breasts are full of milke, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, milkes pales.
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
And another dieth in the bitternesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
They shall lie downe alike in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the deuices which yee wrongfully imagine against me.
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
For ye say, where is the house of the prince? and where are †the dwelling places of the wicked?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb the tent of the tabernacles of the wicked.
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From verse 22
- Romans 11:34Rank 1 from verse 22
- 1 Corinthians 2:16Rank 2 from verse 22
- Isaiah 40:13–14Rank 3 from verse 22
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?
13*†Who hath directed the spirit of the LORD, or, being his counseller, hath taught him?
14††With whom tooke he counsell, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of iudgement? and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of vnderstanding?
- 1 Corinthians 6:3Rank 4 from verse 22
- 2 Peter 2:4Rank 5 from verse 22
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;
4For if God spared not the Angels that sinned, but cast them downe to hell, and deliuered them into chaines of darkenesse, to be reserued vnto iudgment:
- Ecclesiastes 5:8Rank 6 from verse 22
8¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
8¶ †If thou seest the oppression of the poore, and violent peruerting of iudgement, and iustice in a prouince, maruell not at the matter: for he that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.
- Isaiah 40:22–23Rank 7 from verse 22
22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
22‖* It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers; that stretcheth out the heauens as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwel in:
23*That bringeth the princes to nothing; hee maketh the Iudges of the earth as vanitie.
- Isaiah 45:9Rank 8 from verse 22
9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
9*Woe vnto him that striueth with his maker: Let the potsheard striue with the potsheards of the earth: shal the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy worke, he hath no hands?
- Job 34:17–19Rank 10 from verse 22
17Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
17†Shall euen he that hateth right, gouerne? and wilt thou condemne him that is most iust?
18 Is it fit to say to a King, Thou art wicked? and to Princes, Ye are vngodly?
19*How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of Princes, nor regardeth the rich more then the poore? for they all are the woorke of his hands.
6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
6And the Angels which kept not their ‖first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darkenesse, vnto the iudgement of the great day.
- Psalms 113:5–6Rank 16 from verse 22
- Psalms 82:1Rank 17 from verse 22
- Revelation 20:1–3Rank 18 from verse 22
1AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
1¶ And I saw an Angel come down from heauen, hauing the key of the bottomles pit, & a great chaine in his hand.
2And hee laid hold on the dragon that old serpent, which is the deuill and Satan, and bound him a thousand yeres,
3And cast him into the bottomlesse pit, and shut him vp, and set a seale vpon him, that he should deceiue the nations no more, till the thousand yeeres should bee fulfilled: and after that hee must be loosed a little season.
- Revelation 20:12–15Rank 19 from verse 22
12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
12And I sawe the dead, small and great, stand before God: and the books were opened: & another *booke was opened, which is the booke of life: and the dead were iudged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13And the sea gaue vp the dead which were in it: and death and ‖hell deliuered vp the dead which were in them: and they were iudged euery man according to their works.
14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire: this is the second death.
15And whosoeuer was not found written in the booke of life, was cast into the lake of fire.
From verse 23
- Job 20:22–23Rank 1 from verse 23
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.
22In the fulnesse of his sufficiencie, he shalbe in straites: euery hand of the ‖wicked shall come vpon him.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the furie of his wrath vpon him, and shall raine it vpon him while he is eating.
- Luke 12:19–21Rank 2 from verse 23
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.
19And I will say to my soule, Soule, thou hast much goods layd vp for many yeeres, take thine ease, eate, drinke, and be merry.
20But God said vnto him, Thou foole, this night †thy soule shal be required of thee: then whose shal those things be which thou hast prouided?
21So is he that laieth vp treasure for himselfe, and is not rich towards God.
- Psalms 49:17Rank 3 from verse 23
- Psalms 73:4–5Rank 4 from verse 23
From verse 24
- Proverbs 3:8Rank 1 from verse 24
- Psalms 17:10Rank 3 from verse 24
From verse 25
- Ezekiel 4:16–17Rank 1 from verse 25
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.
16*Moreouer he said vnto me, Sonne of man, behold, I wil breake the staffe of bread in Ierusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care, and they shal drinke water by measure, and with astonishment:
17That they may want bread and water, & be astonied one with an other, and consume away for their iniquitie.
- 1 Kings 17:12Rank 3 from verse 25
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.
12And she said, As the LORD thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an handfull of meale in a barrell, and a little oyle in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two stickes, that I may goe in, and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eate it, and die.
- 2 Samuel 17:8Rank 4 from verse 25
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.
8For, (said Hushai,) thou knowest thy father and his men, that they bee mightie men, and they be †chafed in their minds, as a beare robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of warre, and will not lodge with the people.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2Rank 5 from verse 25
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.
2A man to whom God hath giuen riches, wealth and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that he desireth, yet God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a stranger eateth it: Th is is vanitie, and it is an euill disease.
- Ezekiel 12:18Rank 6 from verse 25
- Isaiah 38:15–17Rank 7 from verse 25
15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
15What shall I say? hee hath both spoken vnto mee, and himselfe hath done it: I shall goe softly, all my yeeres in the bitternesse of my soule.
16O LORD, by these things men liue: and in all these things is the life of my spirit, so wilt thou recouer me, and make me to liue.
17‖†Behold, for peace I had great bitternesse, but thou hast in loue to my soule deliuered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe.
- Proverbs 14:10Rank 12 from verse 25
From verse 26
- Ecclesiastes 9:2Rank 1 from verse 26
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*All things come alike to all: there is one euent to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the cleane, and to the vncleane; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner, and hee that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
- Isaiah 14:11Rank 2 from verse 26
- Job 3:18–19Rank 4 from verse 26
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.
18 There the prisoners rest together, they heare not the voice of the oppressour.
19The small and great are there, and the seruant is free from his master.
- Psalms 49:14Rank 8 from verse 26
14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
14‖‖Like sheepe they are layd in the graue, death shall feede on them; and the vpright shall haue dominion ouer them in the morning, and their beauty shall consume in the graue, from their dwelling.
From verse 27
- Psalms 119:86Rank 2 from verse 27
- 1 Peter 2:19Rank 3 from verse 27
- Job 15:20–35Rank 4 from verse 27
20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
20The wicked man trauaileth with paine all his dayes, and the number of yeeres is hidden to the oppressour.
21†A dreadfull sound is in his eares; in prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
22He beleeueth not that he shall returne out of darkenesse, and he is waited for, of the sword.
23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkenes is ready at his hand.
24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall preuaile against him, as a king ready to the battell.
25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himselfe against the Almightie.
26He runneth vpon him, euen on his necke, vpon the thicke bosses of his bucklers:
27Because he couereth his face with his fatnesse, and maketh collops of fat on his flankes.
28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heapes.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof vpon the earth.
30He shall not depart out of darkenesse, the flame shall drie vp his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he goe away.
31Let not him that is deceiued, trust in vanitie: for vanitie shalbe his recompence.
32It shall be ‖accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not bee greene.
33He shal shake off his vnripe grape as the Uine, and shall cast off his flowre as the Oliue.
34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of briberie.
35They conceiue mischiefe, *and bring forth ‖vanitie, and their belly prepareth deceit.
- Job 4:8–11Rank 8 from verse 27
8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
8*Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse, reape the same.
9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his *nostrils are they consumed.
10The roaring of the Lyon, and the voice of the fierce Lyon, and the teeth of the yong Lyons are broken.
11The old Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the stout Lyons whelpes are scattered abroad.
7¶ And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
7¶ And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words vnto Iob, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, & against thy two friends: for ye haue not spoken of mee the thing that is right, as my seruant Iob hath.
3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
3I haue seene the foolish taking roote: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4His children are farre from safetie, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliuer them.
5Whose haruest the hungry eateth vp, and taketh it euen out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth vp their substance.
3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
3*Doth God peruert iudgement? or doth the Almightie peruert iustice?
4If thy children haue sinned against him, and he haue cast them away †for their transgression:
5*If thou wouldest seeke vnto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almightie:
6If thou wert pure and vpright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousnes prosperous.
- Psalms 59:4Rank 12 from verse 27
From verse 28
- Habakkuk 2:9–11Rank 3 from verse 28
9¶ Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
9¶ *‖†Woe to him that coueteth an euill couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that hee may be deliuered from the power of euill.
10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soule.
11‖‖For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it.
3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
3His ‖substance also was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very great ‖houshold; so that this man was the greatest of all the †men of the East.
- Numbers 16:26–34Rank 6 from verse 28
26And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
27So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
28And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
30But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
31¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
26And hee spake vnto the Congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sinnes.
27So they gate vp from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on euery side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the doore of their tents, and their wiues, & their sonnes, and their little children.
28And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to doe all these workes: for I haue not done them of mine owne mind.
29If these men die †the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, then the LORD hath not sent me:
30But if the LORD †make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them vp, with all that appertaine vnto them, and they go downe quicke into the pit: then ye shall vnderstand that these men haue prouoked the LORD.
31¶ *And it came to passe as he had made an ende of speaking all these words, that the ground claue asunder that was vnder them:
32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp, and their houses, and all the men that appertained vnto Korah, and all their goods.
33They, and all that appertained to them, went downe aliue into the pit, and the earth closed vpon them: and they perished from among the Congregation.
34And all Israel that were round about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow vs vp also.
- Psalms 37:36Rank 7 from verse 28
- Psalms 52:5–6Rank 8 from verse 28
5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
5†God shall likewise destroy thee for euer, hee shall take thee away and plucke thee out of thy dwelling place, and roote thee out of the land of the liuing. Selah.
6The righteous also shall see, and feare, and shall laugh at him.
- Zechariah 5:4Rank 9 from verse 28
4I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
4I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hostes, and it shall enter into the house of the theefe, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remaine in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof.
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Job 21:22
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.
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The one true God.
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Understanding or awareness gained by knowing; recognition; what is known.
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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.
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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.
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Job 21:23
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.
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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.
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Sense 1: Freedom or relief from pain, labour, trouble, or restraint. Sense 2: To relieve, quiet, or make less difficult.
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Sense 1: Stillness, rest, peace, or freedom from disturbance. Sense 2: Calm or still, or to make calm.
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Job 21:24
Plural form of breast (the front part of the body between the neck and the belly).
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Made wet in a small degree.
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Sense 1: The inner substance of bones. Sense 2: By extension, richness or nourishment.
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Job 21:25
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.
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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.
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bitterness
1. Deep grief, anguish, or painful distress. 2. A bitter or harmful disposition, condition, or expression, including resentment or hostility.
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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.
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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.
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Third-person singular present form of eat, meaning to take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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Delight, enjoyment, desire, will, or purpose.
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Job 21:26
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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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.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Similar; in the same manner or degree.
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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.
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Fine, loose earth or powder; the ground.
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Sense 1: Small creeping creatures or larvae. Sense 2: Figures of lowliness, corruption, or consuming judgment.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 21:27
1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Things thought or purposed in the mind or heart; ideas, reasonings, intentions, or purposes.
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Plans, purposes, designs, or schemes formed in the mind.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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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.
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COMBINED MEANING
wrongfully
Unjustly; in a manner contrary to the moral law or to justice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To form an idea, purpose, or plan in the mind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 21:28
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.
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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.
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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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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.
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A chief, head, ruler, governor, commander, noble, or person of leading authority.
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Sense 1: Residing, remaining, or abiding. Sense 2: A habitation, home, resting place, or territory.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.
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21:1BUT Job answered and said,
21:1¶ But Iob answered, and sayd,
21:2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
21:2Heare diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
21:3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
21:3Suffer me that I may speake, and after that I haue spoken, mocke on.
21:4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
21:4As for mee, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be †troubled?
21:5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
21:5†Marke mee, and be astonished, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
21:6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
21:6Euen when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh holde on my flesh.
21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
21:7*Wherefore doe the wicked liue, become old, yea, are mightie in power?
21:8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
21:8Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
21:9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
21:9Their houses are †safe from feare, neither is the rod of God vpon them.
21:10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
21:10Their bull gendreth and faileth not, their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
21:11They send foorth their little ones like a flocke, and their children dance.
21:12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
21:12They take the timbrell and harpe, and reioyce at the sound of the organe.
21:13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
21:13They spend their daies ‖in wealth, and in a moment goe downe to the graue.
21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
21:14*Therefore they say vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
21:15What is the Almightie, that wee should serue him? and what profite should we haue, if we pray vnto him?
21:16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
21:16Loe, their good is not in their hand, the counsell of the wicked is farre from me.
21:17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
21:17How oft is the ‖candle of the wicked put out? and how oft commeth their destruction vpon them? God distributeth sorrowes in his anger.
21:18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
21:18They are as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme †carieth away.
21:19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
21:19God layeth vp his †iniquitie for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his moneths is cut off in the middest?
21:22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
21:22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he iudgeth those that are high.
Selected passage21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
21:23One dieth †in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Selected passage21:24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
21:24His ‖breasts are full of milke, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
Selected passage21:25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
21:25And another dieth in the bitternesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
Selected passage21:26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
21:26They shall lie downe alike in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
Selected passage21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the deuices which yee wrongfully imagine against me.
Selected passage21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
21:28For ye say, where is the house of the prince? and where are †the dwelling places of the wicked?
Selected passage21:29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
21:29Haue ye not asked them that goe by the way? and doe ye not know their tokens?
21:30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
21:30*That the wicked is reserued to the day of destruction; they shall bee brought foorth to †the day of wrath.
21:31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
21:31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
21:32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
21:32Yet shall hee be brought to the †graue, & shall †remaine in the tombe.
21:33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
21:33The cloudes of the valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
21:34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
21:34How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaineth †falshood?