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Job 24:17–18

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Job 24:17

17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Job 24:18

18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 24:17

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

shadow

Shade from light; a dark outline; or a figure of protection, transience, or a coming reality, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

one

The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

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know

To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

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Job 24:18

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

swift

The current of a stream. In domestic affairs, a reel or turning.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

portion

A part, share, or allotment; as a verb, to divide or allot shares.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

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cursed

Execrated; afflicted; vexed; tormented; blasted by a curse.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

earth

The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)

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From verse 17

  1. Job 3:5
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  2. 2 Corinthians 5:10–11
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  3. Jeremiah 2:26
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  4. Psalms 73:18–19
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  5. Revelation 6:16–17
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From verse 18

  1. Deuteronomy 28:16–20
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  2. Isaiah 23:10
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  3. Job 22:16
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  4. Job 9:26
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  5. Malachi 2:2
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