KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 28:6–10
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Job 28:6
6The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
6The stones of it are the place of Saphires: and it hath ‖dust of golde.
- Or, goldoare.
Job 28:7
7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
7 There is a path which no foule knoweth, and which the vulturs eye hath not seene.
Job 28:8
8The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
8The lyons whelps haue not troden it, nor the fierce lyon passed by it.
Job 28:9
9He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
9Hee putteth foorth his hand vpon the ‖rocke; hee ouerturneth the mountaines by the rootes.
- Or, flint.
Job 28:10
10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
10Hee cutteth out riuers among the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 28:6
Pieces or masses of rock; or, as a verb, strikes with stones, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A location, position, room, occasion, office, or passage, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Precious stones named in the breastplate and other KJV descriptions; the term does not require a disputed modern mineral identification.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Fine, dry particles of earth; the ground or earth, often as an image of frailty, abasement, or death.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Job 28:7
A way, track, course, or manner of going, whether literal or figurative.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A bird, especially one used for food or sacrifice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The fowl called a vulture in the KJV; the KJV does not identify it with a particular modern species.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The organ of sight; also to look upon or observe attentively.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Job 28:8
A large, powerful wild cat; figuratively, one fierce or strong.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The young of lions or other beasts of prey; cubs.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Stepped, walked, pressed, or trampled upon.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Vehement; violent; furious; rushing; impetuous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Enacted; having received all the formalities necessary to constitute a law.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Job 28:9
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
overturneth
State of being overturned or subverted; overthrow.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
The underground parts by which plants are fixed and nourished; figuratively, origins, causes, or established bases.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 28:10
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The organ of sight; also to look upon or observe attentively.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To perceive with the eyes; to behold, observe, understand, consider, experience, or take heed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 6
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Open the full verse study10And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
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Open the full verse study16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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Open the full verse study11¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
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Open the full verse study19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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Open the full verse study14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
From verse 7
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Open the full verse study6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
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Open the full verse study21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
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Open the full verse study19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
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Open the full verse study24By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
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Open the full verse study33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
From verse 9
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Open the full verse study4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
From verse 10
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Open the full verse study9Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
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Open the full verse study23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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Open the full verse study4And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
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