Job 5:27
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Loe this, wee haue searched it, so it is; heare it, and know thou it †for thy good.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. for thyselfe.
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- Psalms 111:2Rank 1 from verse 27
- Proverbs 9:12Rank 2 from verse 27
- Job 32:11–12Rank 3 from verse 27
11Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
12Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
11Behold, I waited for your words: I gaue eare to your †reasons, whilest you searched out †what to say.
12Yea, I attended vnto you: and beholde, there was none of you that conuinced Iob, or that answered his words:
- Deuteronomy 10:13Rank 4 from verse 27
- Proverbs 2:3–5Rank 5 from verse 27
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
3Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, and †liftest vp thy voyce for vnderstanding:
4*If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures:
5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
- Job 15:9–10Rank 8 from verse 27
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.
9What knowest thou that we know not? what vnderstandest thou, which is not in vs?
10With vs are both the gray headed, and very aged men, much elder then thy father.
- Job 8:8–10Rank 10 from verse 27
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
8*For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to the search of their fathers.
9(For *we are but of yesterday, and know †nothing, because our dayes vpon earth are a shadow.)
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, & vtter words out of their heart?
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Job 5:27
An exclamation meaning look, see, behold, observe, or take notice, used to call immediate attention to what follows.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of search, meaning to seek carefully, examine, explore, or inquire in order to find or know.
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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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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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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
26Thou shalt come to thy graue in a full age, like as a shocke of corne †commeth in, in his season.
27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
27Loe this, wee haue searched it, so it is; heare it, and know thou it †for thy good.
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