KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 3:20–23
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Job 3:20
20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
20Wherefore is light giuen to him that is in misery, and life vnto the bitter in soule?
Job 3:21
21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
21Which †long for death, but it commeth not, and dig for it more then for hid treasures:
- Heb. wait.
Job 3:22
22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
22Which reioice exceedingly, and are glad when they can finde the graue?
Job 3:23
23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
23 Why is light giuen to a man, whose way is hid, *and whom God hath hedged in?
- Chap. 19.8.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 3:20
Why; for what reason.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
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Great distress, affliction, suffering, or wretchedness.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sharp to the feeling; piercing; painful; that makes to smart.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 3:21
Extending a great distance or duration; also to desire earnestly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To break, turn up, or remove earth; to excavate or make an opening in the ground.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Concealed, covered, kept secret, or placed out of sight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Valuable things laid up; also to store or keep as precious.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
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Job 3:22
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
exceedingly
To a very great, intense, or unusual degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A place of burial; serious, weighty, or sober; as a verb, to carve or engrave.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Job 3:23
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Concealed, covered, kept secret, or placed out of sight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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)
A fence, thicket, wall, or protective enclosure; figuratively, a barrier or defense. As a verb, to enclose or obstruct.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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Open the full verse study15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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Open the full verse study10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
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Open the full verse study6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
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Open the full verse study27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
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Open the full verse study16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
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Open the full verse study30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
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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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Open the full verse study28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
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Open the full verse study4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
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Open the full verse study4¶ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
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Open the full verse study3Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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Open the full verse study8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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Open the full verse study15And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
From verse 23
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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 study7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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Open the full verse study27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
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Open the full verse study6¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
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Open the full verse study14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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Open the full verse study12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
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Open the full verse study9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
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Open the full verse study8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
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Open the full verse study8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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Open the full verse study6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
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