KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 23:16–17
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Job 23:16
16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Job 23:17
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
17Because I was not cut off before the darknes, neither hath he couered the darknes from my face.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 23:16
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)
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Gentle, tender, fine, or not hard; as an interjection, a call to pause or take heed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Possessing all power; omnipotent. As a title, the Almighty God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 23:17
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument; figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 16
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Open the full verse study14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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Open the full verse study2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
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Open the full verse study3And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
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Open the full verse study5¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
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Open the full verse study16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
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Open the full verse study16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
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Open the full verse study15Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
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Open the full verse study20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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Open the full verse study46And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
From verse 17
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Open the full verse study8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
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Open the full verse study1THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
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Open the full verse study20Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
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Open the full verse study22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
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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 study6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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Open the full verse study11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
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Open the full verse study9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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