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Job 5:8–17

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I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
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From verse 8

  1. Psalms 50:15Rank 1 from verse 8
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    15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  2. Job 22:21Rank 2 from verse 8
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    21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

  3. Psalms 37:5Rank 3 from verse 8
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    5Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

  4. 2 Chronicles 33:12–13Rank 4 from verse 8
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    12And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

    13And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

  5. 1 Peter 4:19Rank 5 from verse 8
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    19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

From verse 9

  1. Psalms 40:5Rank 1 from verse 9
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    5Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

  2. Job 9:10Rank 2 from verse 9
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    10Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

  3. Psalms 72:18Rank 3 from verse 9
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    18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

  4. Psalms 86:10Rank 4 from verse 9
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    10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

  5. Job 11:7–9Rank 5 from verse 9
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    7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

    8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

    9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

From verse 10

  1. Acts 14:17Rank 1 from verse 10
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    17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

  2. Jeremiah 5:24Rank 2 from verse 10
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    24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

  3. Jeremiah 14:22Rank 3 from verse 10
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    22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

  4. Psalms 147:8Rank 4 from verse 10
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    8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

  5. Psalms 65:9–11Rank 5 from verse 10
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    9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

    10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

    11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

From verse 11

  1. Psalms 113:7Rank 1 from verse 11
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    7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

  2. 1 Samuel 2:7–8Rank 2 from verse 11
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    7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

    8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

  3. Luke 1:52–53Rank 3 from verse 11
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    52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

    53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

  4. Luke 6:21Rank 4 from verse 11
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    21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

  5. Psalms 107:41Rank 5 from verse 11
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    41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

From verse 12

  1. Psalms 21:11Rank 1 from verse 12
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    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

  2. Psalms 33:10–11Rank 2 from verse 12
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    10The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

    11The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

  3. Isaiah 8:10Rank 3 from verse 12
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    10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  4. Proverbs 21:30Rank 4 from verse 12
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    30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

  5. Psalms 37:17Rank 5 from verse 12
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    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

From verse 13

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:19Rank 1 from verse 13
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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

  2. Psalms 9:15–16Rank 2 from verse 13
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    15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

    16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  3. 1 Corinthians 1:19–20Rank 3 from verse 13
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    19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

    20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  4. Luke 1:51Rank 4 from verse 13
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    51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

  5. Psalms 7:15–16Rank 5 from verse 13
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    15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

From verse 14

  1. Job 12:25Rank 1 from verse 14
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    25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

  2. Deuteronomy 28:29Rank 2 from verse 14
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    29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

  3. Isaiah 59:10Rank 3 from verse 14
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    10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

  4. Proverbs 4:19Rank 4 from verse 14
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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  5. Amos 8:9Rank 5 from verse 14
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    9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

From verse 15

  1. Psalms 35:10Rank 1 from verse 15
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    10All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

  2. Psalms 140:12Rank 2 from verse 15
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    12I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

  3. Psalms 109:31Rank 3 from verse 15
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    31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

  4. Job 4:10Rank 4 from verse 15
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    10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

  5. Psalms 10:14Rank 5 from verse 15
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    14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

From verse 16

  1. Psalms 107:42Rank 1 from verse 16
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    42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

  2. 1 Samuel 2:8–9Rank 2 from verse 16
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    8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

    9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

  3. Psalms 63:11Rank 3 from verse 16
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    11But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

  4. Exodus 11:7Rank 4 from verse 16
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    7But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

  5. Isaiah 14:32Rank 5 from verse 16
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    32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

From verse 17

  1. James 1:12Rank 1 from verse 17
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    12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

  2. Psalms 94:12Rank 2 from verse 17
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    12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

  3. Proverbs 3:11–12Rank 3 from verse 17
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    11¶ My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

  4. Revelation 3:19Rank 4 from verse 17
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    19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  5. James 5:11Rank 5 from verse 17
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    11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:8

COMBINED MEANING

commit

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To do or perpetrate; to entrust, deliver, consign, or place in custody.

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

COMBINED MEANING

cause

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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:9

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

without

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

number

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Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:10

COMBINED MEANING

rain

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Sense 1: Water falling in drops from the clouds. Sense 2: As a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:11

COMBINED MEANING

set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

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

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

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

COMBINED MEANING

low

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Sense 1: Not high; beneath in place, rank, amount, strength, or condition. Sense 2: Humble or brought down.

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

mourn

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Sense 1: To grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

exalted

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Raised, lifted up, set on high, promoted, honoured, magnified, praised, or increased in position, power, safety, expression, or estimation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:12

COMBINED MEANING

crafty

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Cunning, subtle, scheming, or skilled in deceit and guile.

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

COMBINED MEANING

hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:13

COMBINED MEANING

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

COMBINED MEANING

wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

counsel

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1. A purpose, plan, design, or settled decision. 2. Advice, guidance, or direction. 3. Wisdom, judgment, or understanding for determining a course. 4. As a verb, to advise, direct, or recommend a course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

froward

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1. Perverse or turned aside from what is right. 2. Contrary or opposed in conduct or response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

carried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of carry (to bear, convey, support, or take from one place to another).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:14

COMBINED MEANING

meet

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Sense 1: To come or bring together, encounter, assemble, or join. Sense 2: Fitting, suitable, proper, worthy, or qualified.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

daytime

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The part of the day when there is daylight; opposed to night.

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

COMBINED MEANING

noonday

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Mid-day; twelve o'clock in the day; Pertaining to mid-day; meridional.

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

COMBINED MEANING

night

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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:15

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

saveth

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Third-person singular present form of save (to rescue, preserve, deliver, or keep from loss or danger).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mighty

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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:16

COMBINED MEANING

hope

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1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stoppeth

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Third-person singular present form of stop (to close, block, obstruct, hinder, restrain, silence, or prevent from proceeding).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 5:17

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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

whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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

chastening

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of chasten, meaning to correct or discipline, often through reproof or suffering.

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

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13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

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14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

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15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

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16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

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17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

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18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

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