Job 24:21
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
He euill intreateth the barren, that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
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- 1 Samuel 1:6–7Rank 1 from verse 21
6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
7And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
6And her aduersary also †prouoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut vp her wombe.)
7And as he did so yeere by yeere, ‖when she went vp to the house of the LORD, so she prouoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
- Job 31:16–18Rank 5 from verse 21
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
16If I haue withhelde the poore from their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile:
17Or haue eaten my morsell my selfe alone, and the fatherlesse hath not eaten thereof:
18(For from my youth hee was brought vp with me as with a father, and I haue guided †her from my mothers wombe.)
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Job 24:21
Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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entreateth
Third-person singular present form of entreat, meaning to treat or deal with a person in the manner stated.
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1. Unable to bear offspring. 2. Unproductive or unable to yield fruit or increase; desolate.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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A woman whose husband has died.
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20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
20The wombe shall forget him, the worme shall feed sweetly on him, hee shall be no more remembred, and wickednes shalbe broken as a tree.
21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
21He euill intreateth the barren, that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Selected passage22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth vp, ‖and no man is sure of life.