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Job 31:3–4

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Job 31:3

3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Job 31:4

4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 31:3

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

destruction

Ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or the calamity and loss produced by destroying.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

strange

Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

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punishment

Any pain or suffering inflicted on a person for a crime or offense, by the authority to which the offender is subject, either by the constitution of God or of civil society.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

DEFINED WORDS

Job 31:4

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

see

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)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

all

Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

steps

Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

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From verse 3

  1. Job 21:30
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  2. Job 34:22
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  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:3
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  4. 2 Peter 2:1
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  5. 2 Thessalonians 1:9
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From verse 4

  1. Job 34:21
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  2. 2 Chronicles 16:9
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  3. Proverbs 5:21
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  4. Job 14:16
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  5. Jeremiah 32:19
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