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Job 3:9
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Job 3:9
9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
9Let the starres of the twilight thereof be darke, let it looke for light, but haue none, neither let it see† the dawning of the day:
- Heb. the eye lids of the morning.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 3:9
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Lights in the heavens; also figures of rulers, angels, or persons, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The faint light before sunrise or after sunset.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Destitute of light; obscure. Obscure; concealed; secret; not understood. Darkness; obscurity; the absence of light. Obscurity; a state of ignorance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive with the eyes; to behold, observe, understand, consider, experience, or take heed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The first appearance of light in the morning; the first opening or appearance of the intellectual powers; beginning.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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 (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 9
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Open the full verse study18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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Open the full verse study16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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Open the full verse study15We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
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Open the full verse study26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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