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Job 33:6

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Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
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  1. Job 4:19Rank 1 from verse 6
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    19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

  2. 2 Corinthians 5:1Rank 2 from verse 6
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    1FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

  3. Job 10:9Rank 3 from verse 6
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    9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

  4. 2 Corinthians 5:20Rank 4 from verse 6
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    20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

  5. Exodus 4:16Rank 5 from verse 6
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    16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

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Job 33:6

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wish

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Sense 1: To desire or long for. Sense 2: An expressed desire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stead

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The place, position, office, or role occupied by one person or thing in substitution for another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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formed

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Made, shaped, fashioned, created, arranged, or brought into the intended being, body, people, purpose, or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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clay

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Earth or soil that can be moistened, shaped, trodden, formed, or hardened, especially by a potter or brickmaker.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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5If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

6Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

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7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

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