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Job 31:40
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Job 31:40
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
40Let thistles grow in stead of wheat, and ‖cockle in stead of barley. The words of Iob are ended.
- Or, noy-some weedes
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 31:40
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The prickly plant called a thistle in the KJV; the entry does not impose a particular modern species.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To come forward; to advance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
In the place or room of another.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A grain-bearing plant and its seed, commonly ground into flour for bread.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A harmful weed growing among grain.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The last or concluding part; a termination, limit, purpose, or result. As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
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From verse 40
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Open the full verse study17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
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Open the full verse study23And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
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Open the full verse study3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
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Open the full verse study20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
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Open the full verse study9Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
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