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Job 5:1–5

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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.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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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?

From verse 3

  1. Psalms 73:18–20Rank 1 from verse 3
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    18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

    19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

    20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

  2. Psalms 92:7Rank 2 from verse 3
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    7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

  3. Acts 1:20Rank 3 from verse 3
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    20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

  4. Deuteronomy 27:15–26Rank 4 from verse 3
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    15Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

    16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    20Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    21Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    22Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    23Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    24Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    25Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

    26Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  5. Jeremiah 12:1–3Rank 5 from verse 3
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    1RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

    2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

    3But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

From verse 4

  1. Psalms 127:5Rank 1 from verse 4
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    5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

  2. Job 18:16–19Rank 2 from verse 4
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    16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

    19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

  3. Psalms 119:155Rank 3 from verse 4
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    155Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

  4. Amos 5:12Rank 4 from verse 4
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    12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  5. Exodus 20:5Rank 5 from verse 4
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    5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

From verse 5

  1. Lamentations 2:16Rank 1 from verse 5
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    16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  2. Hosea 8:7Rank 2 from verse 5
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    7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

  3. Jeremiah 51:44Rank 3 from verse 5
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    44And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

  4. Jeremiah 51:34Rank 4 from verse 5
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    34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

  5. 2 Chronicles 33:11Rank 5 from verse 5
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    11¶ Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:3

COMBINED MEANING

taking

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of take, meaning to receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

root

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Sense 1: The part of a plant fixed in the earth. Sense 2: Figuratively, the origin, cause, foundation, ancestor, or source of growth. Sense 3: To take root or eradicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

habitation

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A dwelling, abode, or place of residence; a place of refuge or shelter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:4

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

crushed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of crush, meaning to press or break by force; to bruise, destroy, or subdue.

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

COMBINED MEANING

in

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:5

COMBINED MEANING

eateth

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Third-person singular present form of eat, meaning to take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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taketh

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Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thorns

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Sense 1: Sharp spines or prickles. Sense 2: Thorn-bearing plants and figures of things that prick, obstruct, or grieve.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

robber

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One who steals, plunders, or takes what belongs to another by force, violence, unlawful entry, or predatory abuse.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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

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

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4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

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5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

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