Job 31:38
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
If my land cry against me, or that the furrowes likewise thereof †complaine:
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. weepe
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- Habakkuk 2:11Rank 1 from verse 38
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
4Beholde, the hire of the labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which is of you kept backe by fraud, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of Sabaoth.
- Psalms 65:13Rank 4 from verse 38
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Job 31:38
Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Long narrow trenches, channels, or turned rows in ploughed ground.
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Sense 1: In the same, similar, or corresponding manner. Sense 2: In a matching case.
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Of that or those previously mentioned; of it or of them.
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To utter expressions of grief; to lament.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
37I would declare vnto him the number of my steps, as a prince would I goe neere vnto him.
38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
38If my land cry against me, or that the furrowes likewise thereof †complaine:
Selected passage39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
39If I haue †eaten the fruits thereof without money, or haue †caused the owners thereof to loose their life: