Job 4:19–20
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Howe much lesse on them that dwell in *houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-reference2.Cor. 5.1.
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
They are †destroyed from morning to euening: they perish for euer, without any regarding it.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. beaten in pieces.
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From verse 19
- Genesis 2:7Rank 2 from verse 19
- Genesis 3:19Rank 3 from verse 19
19In 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.
19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne vnto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and vnto dust shalt thou returne.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7Rank 5 from verse 19
- 2 Corinthians 5:1Rank 6 from verse 19
1FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
1¶ For we know, that if our earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolued, wee haue a building of God, an house not made with hand, eternall in the heauens.
- Genesis 18:27Rank 7 from verse 19
- Psalms 39:11Rank 10 from verse 19
- 1 Peter 1:24Rank 11 from verse 19
- Ecclesiastes 12:7Rank 12 from verse 19
- Psalms 103:15–16Rank 15 from verse 19
15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
15 As for man, his dayes are as grasse: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16†For the winde passeth ouer it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
- Psalms 90:5–7Rank 16 from verse 19
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.
5‖Thou carriest them away as with a flood, they are as a sleepe: in the morning they are like grasse which groweth vp.
6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth vp: in the euening it is cut downe, and withereth.
7For we are consumed by thine anger: and by thy wrath are we troubled.
- Psalms 146:4Rank 17 from verse 19
From verse 20
- 2 Chronicles 15:6Rank 2 from verse 20
- 2 Chronicles 21:20Rank 3 from verse 20
20Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
20Thirtie and two yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and he reigned in Ierusalem eight yeeres, and departed †without being desired: howbeit, they buried him in the citie of Dauid, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
- Isaiah 38:12–13Rank 4 from verse 20
12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
12‖Mine age is departed, and is remoued from me as a shepheards tent: I haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut mee off with pining sicknesse: from day euen to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13I reckoned till morning, that as a Lyon so will hee breake all my bones: from day euen to night wilt thou make an end of me.
- Proverbs 10:7Rank 10 from verse 20
- Psalms 37:36Rank 11 from verse 20
- Psalms 39:13Rank 12 from verse 20
- Psalms 90:5–6Rank 13 from verse 20
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.
5‖Thou carriest them away as with a flood, they are as a sleepe: in the morning they are like grasse which groweth vp.
6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth vp: in the euening it is cut downe, and withereth.
- Psalms 92:7Rank 14 from verse 20
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Job 4:19
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.
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Earth or soil that can be moistened, shaped, trodden, formed, or hardened, especially by a potter or brickmaker.
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COMBINED MEANING
foundation
The base or supporting part on which a structure rests; the beginning, establishment, underlying ground, or governing basis of a work, world, teaching, hope, or spiritual building.
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Fine, loose earth or powder; the ground.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of crush, meaning to press or break by force; to bruise, destroy, or subdue.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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A small winged creature known for consuming or corrupting garments and other perishable things.
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Job 4:20
Past-tense or past-participial form of destroy. Sense 1: Ruined, demolished, consumed, or laid waste. Sense 2: Killed or cut off. Sense 3: Caused a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.
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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.
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Sense 1: Of a living person or creature, to die, be killed, be destroyed, or be lost. Sense 2: Of a thing, condition, plan, thought, or work, to be ruined, decay, fail, vanish, or come to nothing.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.
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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.
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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
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Giving attention or care to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
18Behold, hee *put no trust in his seruants; ‖and his Angels hee charged with folly:
19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
19Howe much lesse on them that dwell in *houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth.
Selected passage20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
20They are †destroyed from morning to euening: they perish for euer, without any regarding it.
Selected passage21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
21Doeth not their excellencie which is in them, goe away? they die, euen without wisedome.