KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 34:15–17
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Job 34:15
15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
15*All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turne againe vnto dust.
- Eccles. 12.6. gene. 3.19.
Job 34:16
16If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
16If now thou hast vnderstanding, heare this: hearken to the voyce of my words.
Job 34:17
17Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
17†Shall euen he that hateth right, gouerne? and wilt thou condemne him that is most iust?
- Heb. binde.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 34:15
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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The soft substance of the body; also the body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
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In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Fine, dry particles of earth; the ground or earth, often as an image of frailty, abasement, or death.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 34:16
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
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understanding
Discernment, intelligence, comprehension, or the faculty of knowing.
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To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To listen attentively, give heed, or obey.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 34:17
Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Hates; regards with strong dislike, aversion, or enmity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To rule, direct, control, or keep in order.
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To will, choose, intend, or be disposed to; as an auxiliary, indicates future action.
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To pronounce guilty or wrong; to sentence, judge against, disapprove, or doom.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Greatest in amount, number, or degree; in the highest degree.
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In a moral sense, upright; honest; having principles of rectitude; or conforming exactly to the laws, and to principles of rectitude in social conduct; equitable in the distribution of justice.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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Open the full verse study7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
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Open the full verse study16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
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Open the full verse study4Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
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Open the full verse study9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
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Open the full verse study23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
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Open the full verse study22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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Open the full verse study3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
From verse 16
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Open the full verse study3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
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Open the full verse study2What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
From verse 17
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Open the full verse study3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
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Open the full verse study25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
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Open the full verse study8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
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Open the full verse study14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
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Open the full verse study5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
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Open the full verse study22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
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Open the full verse study21But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?
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