KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 31:20–21
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Job 31:20
20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
20If his loynes haue not blessed me, and if hee were not warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:
Job 31:21
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
21If I haue lift vp my hand against the fatherlesse, when I saw my helpe in the gate:
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 31:20
Favored by God; happy or spiritually prosperous; or praised, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Moderately heated; made ardent; excited.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The coat of wool shorn from a sheep at one time.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Job 31:21
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Aid, assistance, or relief; as a verb, to aid, assist, or support.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.
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Open the full verse study11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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Open the full verse study12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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Open the full verse study7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
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Open the full verse study28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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Open the full verse study9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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Open the full verse study27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
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Open the full verse study1WOE to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
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Open the full verse study3¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
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Open the full verse study10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
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