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Job 21:8–9

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Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
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From verse 8

  1. Proverbs 17:6Rank 1 from verse 8
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    6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

  2. Job 18:19Rank 2 from verse 8
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    19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

  3. Job 20:10Rank 3 from verse 8
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    10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

  4. Job 20:28Rank 4 from verse 8
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    28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

  5. Job 5:3–4Rank 5 from verse 8
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    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.

From verse 9

  1. Job 9:34Rank 1 from verse 9
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    34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

  2. Psalms 73:5Rank 2 from verse 9
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    5They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

  3. Isaiah 57:19–21Rank 3 from verse 9
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    19I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.

    20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

    21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

  4. Job 15:21Rank 4 from verse 9
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    21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  5. Job 18:11Rank 5 from verse 9
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    11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

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Job 21:8

COMBINED MEANING

seed

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Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.

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

COMBINED MEANING

established

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Set firmly; founded, made stable, ordained, enacted, ratified, or confirmed.

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

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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

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sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

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offspring

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Children, descendants, seed, or that which proceeds from a source or ancestor.

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

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before

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

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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

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Job 21:9

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houses

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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.

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safe

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1. Free from danger, harm, injury, or loss; secure. 2. Protective or conducive to safety.

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

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fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

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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.

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7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

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9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

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10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

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