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Job 5:1–2

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CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
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From verse 1

  1. Job 15:15Rank 1 from verse 1
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    15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

  2. Job 15:8–10Rank 2 from verse 1
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    8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

    9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

    10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

  3. Job 4:18Rank 3 from verse 1
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    18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

  4. Isaiah 41:21–23Rank 4 from verse 1
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    21Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

    22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

    23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

  5. Ephesians 1:1Rank 5 from verse 1
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    1PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

From verse 2

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:9Rank 1 from verse 2
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    9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  2. 1 Samuel 18:8–9Rank 2 from verse 2
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    8And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

    9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

  3. Genesis 30:1Rank 3 from verse 2
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    1AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

  4. Hosea 7:11Rank 4 from verse 2
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    11¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

  5. Job 18:4Rank 5 from verse 2
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    4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:1

COMBINED MEANING

call

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1. To name. 2. To summon or invite. 3. To proclaim or address. 4. To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

answer

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Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:2

COMBINED MEANING

for

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wrath

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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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envy

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Sense 1: Resentful desire at another's good. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel such jealousy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

5:1CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

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5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

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5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

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