KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 3:6–8
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Job 3:6
6As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
6As for that night, let darkenesse seaze vpon it, ‖let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yeere, let it not come into the number of the moneths.
- Or, let it not reioyce among the dayes.
Job 3:7
7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
7Loe, let that night be solitarie, let no ioyfull voice come therein.
Job 3:8
8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise vp ‖their mourning.
- Or, Leuiathan.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 3:6
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To take hold or possession of forcibly or suddenly.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Added; united; set or fastened together; associated; confederated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
A period of twelve months; a stated annual period.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A count or quantity; also to count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Job 3:7
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Living alone; not having company.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Full of joy; very glad; exulting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Job 3:8
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fall upon; to execrate.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To rouse; to stir up.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
Grieving or lamenting; also outward signs or customs of sorrow.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
22And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
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Open the full verse study8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
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Open the full verse study34Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
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Open the full verse study22And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
From verse 8
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Open the full verse study1CANST thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
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Open the full verse study10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
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Open the full verse study25¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
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Open the full verse study16Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
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Open the full verse study17¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
18And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
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Open the full verse study25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
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Open the full verse study38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
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Open the full verse study17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
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