Job 33:20
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
*So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soule †daintie meate.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. meate of desire.
- *Cross-referencePsal. 107.17.
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- Psalms 107:17–18Rank 2 from verse 20
17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
17Fooles, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18*Their soule abhorreth all manner of meate: and they drawe neere vnto the gates of death.
11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
11Forasmuch therfore as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from him burdens of wheate, *ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: yee haue planted †pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.
- Genesis 3:6Rank 4 from verse 20
6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
6And the woman saw, that the tree was good for food, and that it was †pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she tooke of the fruit thereof, *and did eate, and gaue also vnto her husband with her, and hee did eate.
- Jeremiah 3:19Rank 5 from verse 20
19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
19†††But I said; How shall I put thee among the children, and giue thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hostes of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me; My father, and shalt not turne away from me.
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Job 33:20
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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Choice, pleasing, or highly desired.
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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.
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19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
19Hee is chastened also with paine vpon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong paine.
20So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
20*So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soule †daintie meate.
Selected passage21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
21His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seene; and his bones that were not seene, sticke out.