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Job 39:8–9

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The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
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From verse 8

  1. Psalms 104:27–28Rank 1 from verse 8
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    27These 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.

  2. Psalms 145:15–16Rank 2 from verse 8
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    15The 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.

  3. Genesis 1:29–30Rank 3 from verse 8
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    29¶ 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.

  4. Job 40:15Rank 4 from verse 8
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    15¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

  5. Job 40:20–22Rank 5 from verse 8
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    20Surely 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

  1. Numbers 23:22Rank 1 from verse 9
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    22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

  2. Deuteronomy 33:17Rank 2 from verse 9
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    17His 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.

  3. Psalms 92:10Rank 3 from verse 9
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    10But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

  4. Psalms 22:21Rank 4 from verse 9
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    21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

  5. Isaiah 1:3Rank 5 from verse 9
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    3The 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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Job 39:8

COMBINED MEANING

range

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Sense 1: An extent or tract over which one moves or roams. Sense 2: To roam or move about over an area.

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

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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

COMBINED MEANING

green

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Having the color of living vegetation; fresh, flourishing, or not dried.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 39:9

COMBINED MEANING

willing

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Disposed, ready, or consenting by choice; desiring or intending to do the stated thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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serve

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To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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abide

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1. To remain, stay, dwell, wait, or continue in a place, state, or relation. 2. To endure or withstand.

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

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39:7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

39:8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

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39:9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

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39:10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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