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Job 21:3
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Job 21:3
3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
3Suffer me that I may speake, and after that I haue spoken, mocke on.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 21:3
To bear, undergo, or endure pain, loss, or hardship; also to allow or permit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To ridicule or treat with scorn; also an imitation or false appearance.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
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Open the full verse study2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
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Open the full verse study20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
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Open the full verse study4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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Open the full verse study13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
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Open the full verse study9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
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Open the full verse study31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
32If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
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