KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 40:21–22
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Job 40:21
21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
21He lieth vnder the shady trees in the couert of the reede, and fennes.
Job 40:22
22The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
22The shady trees couer him with their shaddow: the willowes of the brooke compasse him about.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 40:21
Lies: reclines, rests, remains, or is situated; or speaks falsely, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Abounding with shade or shades; overspread with shade.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A shelter, hiding-place.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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Job 40:22
Abounding with shade or shades; overspread with shade.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Shade from light; a dark outline; or a figure of protection, transience, or a coming reality, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The tree called a willow in the KJV, associated with water; the entry does not impose a particular modern species.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To go all round or all over; Circumference, circuit.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
7The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
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Open the full verse study7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
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Open the full verse study7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
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Open the full verse study40And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
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