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Job 34:7

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What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
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  1. Job 15:16Rank 1 from verse 7
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    16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

  2. Deuteronomy 29:19Rank 2 from verse 7
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    19And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

  3. Proverbs 1:22Rank 3 from verse 7
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    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  4. Proverbs 4:17Rank 4 from verse 7
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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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Job 34:7

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

scorning

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of scorn, meaning to despise, deride, ridicule, or mock.

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water

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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

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8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

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