KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 21:24–25
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Job 21:24
24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
24His ‖breasts are full of milke, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
- Or, milkes pales.
Job 21:25
25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
25And another dieth in the bitternesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 21:24
The front part of the body between the neck and the belly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Made wet in a small degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A soft oleaginous substance contained in the cavities of animal bones.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 21:25
One more; an additional or different person or thing.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
bitterness
A bitter quality or taste; figuratively, severe grief, distress, resentment, or hostility.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Not ever; not at any time; in no case or degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Eats; takes food into the mouth and consumes it.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Delight, enjoyment, desire, will, or purpose, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 24
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Open the full verse study8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
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Open the full verse study27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
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Open the full verse study10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
From verse 25
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Open the full verse study16Moreover 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.
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Open the full verse study11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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Open the full verse study12And 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.
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Open the full verse study8For, 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.
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Open the full verse study2A 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.
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Open the full verse study18Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
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Open the full verse study15What 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.
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Open the full verse study1MY soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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Open the full verse study23When 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.
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Open the full verse study20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
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Open the full verse study18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
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Open the full verse study10The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
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