Job 24:8–12
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take a pledge of the poore.
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
They cause him to go naked without clothing: and they take away the sheafe from the hungry,
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Which make oyle within their walles, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Men groane from out of the city, and the soule of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
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From verse 8
- Lamentations 4:5Rank 1 from verse 8
- Hebrews 11:38Rank 2 from verse 8
- Song of Solomon 5:2Rank 3 from verse 8
2¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
2¶ I sleepe, but my heart waketh: it is the voyce of my beloued that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my loue, my doue, my vndefiled: for my head is filled with dewe, and my lockes with the drops of the night.
From verse 9
- Nehemiah 5:5Rank 1 from verse 9
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and loe, wee bring into bondage our sonnes and our daughters, to bee seruants, and some of our daughters are brought vnto bondage already, neither is it in our power to redeeme them: for other men haue our lands and vineyards.
- 2 Kings 4:1Rank 2 from verse 9
1NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
1¶ Now there cryed a certaine woman of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy seruant did feare the LORD: and the creditour is come to take vnto him my two sonnes to be bondmen.
From verse 10
- Amos 2:7–8Rank 1 from verse 10
7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poore, and turne aside the way of the meeke; and a man and his father will goe in vnto the ‖ same maid, to profane my holy Name.
8And they lay themselues downe vpon clothes laide to pledge, by euery Altar, and they drinke the wine of the ‖condemned in the house of their God.
- Amos 5:11–12Rank 2 from verse 10
11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
11Forasmuch therfore as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from him burdens of wheate, *ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: yee haue planted †pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.
12For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take a ‖bribe, and they turne aside the poore in the gate from their right.
- Deuteronomy 24:19Rank 3 from verse 10
19¶ When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
19¶ *When thou cuttest downe thine haruest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheafe in the field, thou shalt not go againe to fetch it: it shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherlesse, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may blesse thee in all the worke of thine hands.
From verse 11
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
4Beholde, the hire of the labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which is of you kept backe by fraud, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of Sabaoth.
- Jeremiah 22:13Rank 2 from verse 11
13¶ Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
13¶ *Woe vnto him that buildeth his house by vnrighteousnesse, and his chambers by wrong: that vseth his neighbours seruice without wages, and giueth him not for his worke:
- Deuteronomy 25:4Rank 3 from verse 11
From verse 12
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Rank 1 from verse 12
1SO I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
1¶ *†So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done vnder the sunne; & behold the teares of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter: and on the side of their oppressours there was power, but they had no comforter.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11–12Rank 2 from verse 12
11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
12¶ Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
11Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily; therefore the heart of the sonnes of men is fully set in them to doe euill.
12¶ *Though a sinner doe euill an hundred times, and his dayes be prolonged; yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that feare God, which feare before him.
- Malachi 2:17Rank 3 from verse 12
17¶ Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
17¶ Ye haue wearied the LORD with your words: yet ye say, Wherein haue we wearied him? when ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them, or where is the God of iudgement?
- Malachi 3:15Rank 4 from verse 12
- Psalms 50:21Rank 5 from verse 12
21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thy selfe: but I will reproue thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
- Romans 2:4–5Rank 6 from verse 12
4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodnesse, and forbearance, and long suffering, not knowing that the goodnes of God leadeth thee to repentance?
5But after thy hardnesse, and impenitent heart, *treasurest vp vnto thy selfe wrath, against the day of wrath, and reuelation of the righteous iudgement of God:
- 2 Peter 3:15Rank 7 from verse 12
15And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
15And account that the long suffering of the Lord is saluation, euen as our beloued brother Paul also, according to the wisedome giuen vnto him, hath written vnto you.
- Exodus 1:13–14Rank 8 from verse 12
13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serue with rigour.
14And they made their liues bitter, with hard bondage, in morter and in bricke, and in all maner of seruice in the fielde: all their seruice wherein they made them serue, was with rigour.
- Exodus 2:23–24Rank 9 from verse 12
23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
23¶ And it came to passe in processe of time, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came vp vnto God, by reason of the bondage.
24And God heard their groning, and God remembred his *Couenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Iacob.
- Exodus 22:27Rank 10 from verse 12
27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
27For that is his couering onely, it is his raiment for his skinne: wherein shal he sleepe? and it shal come to passe, when he crieth vnto mee, that I will heare: for I am gracious.
- Isaiah 52:5Rank 11 from verse 12
5Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
5*Now therefore, what haue I here, sayth the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule ouer them, make them to howle, sayth the LORD, and my Name continually euery day is blasphemed.
- Judges 10:16Rank 13 from verse 12
- Psalms 109:22Rank 14 from verse 12
- Psalms 12:5Rank 15 from verse 12
5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
5‖For the oppression of the poore, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise (saith the LORD,) I will set him in safetie from him that puffeth at him.
- Psalms 69:26Rank 16 from verse 12
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Job 24:8
Covered, soaked, or moistened with water or another liquid.
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Falls of rain over an area.
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To clasp in the arms; to receive, accept, or welcome readily.
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1. A mass of stone or a rocky place. 2. Figuratively, a secure refuge, strength, foundation, or cause of stumbling. 3. A title or figure for God or Christ.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Absence, lack, need, poverty, or insufficiency of what is required; to lack, be without, need, or come short of it.
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Cover or protection from harm.
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Job 24:9
The front part of the body between the neck and the belly.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
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1. Lacking material means. 2. Afflicted, lowly, or humble.
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Job 24:10
Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.
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Sense 1: Wholly or inadequately unclothed, stripped of covering, bare, exposed, or destitute. Sense 2: Openly visible without concealment.
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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
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Sense 1: Garments or covering for the body. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which covers or invests.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
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A bundle of cut stalks of grain bound together.
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Feeling need or desire for food; lacking food.
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Job 24:11
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
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1. An oily substance, especially olive oil. 2. To anoint or supply with oil.
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Structures enclosing, dividing, or defending a place.
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To step, walk, press, crush, trample, or move upon with the feet.
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winepresses
Places, structures, vats, or apparatus in which grapes are trodden or pressed so their juice flows out for making wine.
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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.
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Sense 1: A strong need or desire for drink; by figure, an intense desire for something. Sense 2: To feel thirst; by figure, to desire intensely.
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Job 24:12
To utter or inwardly bear a deep sound or expression of pain, oppression, burden, sorrow, or earnest longing.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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1. Physically injured, pierced, struck, or hurt. 2. Inwardly hurt or afflicted in heart or spirit.
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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.
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The one true God.
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Third-person singular present form of lay. Sense 1: To put, place, set, arrange, deposit, apply, establish, impose, or cause to be in a stated position or condition. Sense 2: In lay with, to have sexual relations. Sense 3: To press or bear upon. Sense 4: In lay up, lay by, or lay in store, to keep, store, or treasure; in lay wait, lay snares, lay an ambush, or lay siege, to prepare or set. Sense 5: In lay hold or lay hands on, to seize, take, apprehend, or touch. Sense 6: In lay down one's life, to surrender or give it; in lay aside, lay apart, or lay away, to remove, reject, or put off.
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7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they haue no couering in the cold.
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
8They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter.
Selected passage9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
9They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take a pledge of the poore.
Selected passage10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
10They cause him to go naked without clothing: and they take away the sheafe from the hungry,
Selected passage11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
11 Which make oyle within their walles, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Selected passage12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
12Men groane from out of the city, and the soule of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Selected passage13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
13They are of those that rebell against the light, they know not the wayes thereof, nor abide in the pathes thereof.