KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 39:8–9
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Job 39:8
8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
8The range of the mountaines is his pasture, and hee searcheth after euery greene thing.
Job 39:9
9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
9Will the Unicorne be willing to serue thee? or abide by thy cribbe?
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 39:8
To roam in search of prey.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Ground on which animals feed; food or grazing for flocks.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Having the color of living vegetation; fresh, flourishing, or not dried.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 39:9
A powerful horned animal called a unicorn in the KJV; the exact modern species is uncertain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Disposing of by will; Determining; resolving; desiring.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To remain or dwell.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A manger or feeding place for cattle.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
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Open the full verse study15The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
16Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
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Open the full verse study29¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
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Open the full verse study15¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
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Open the full verse study20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
From verse 9
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Open the full verse study22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
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Open the full verse study17His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
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Open the full verse study10But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
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Open the full verse study21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
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Open the full verse study3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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