KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 39:22–23
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Job 39:22
22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
22He mocketh at feare, and is not affrighted: neither turneth he backe from the sword.
Job 39:23
23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
23The quiuer ratleth against him, the glittering speare and the shield.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 39:22
To ridicule or treat with scorn; also an imitation or false appearance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Alarm or dread; reverent awe; as a verb, to be afraid, revere, or cause fear.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
affrighted
Suddenly alarmed with fear; terrified; followed by at or with, more generally by at.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Turns; changes direction, returns, converts, or changes from one state or course to another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The rear part; a position or direction behind; or a return to a former place or condition, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 39:23
A case or sheath for arrows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
glittering
Shining; splendid; brilliant.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A long weapon with a pointed head.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 22
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Open the full verse study16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
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Open the full verse study18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
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Open the full verse study33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
From verse 23
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Open the full verse study26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
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