KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 6:28–30
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Job 6:28
28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
28Now therefore be content, looke vpon mee, for it is †euident vnto you, if I lie.
- Heb. before your face.
Job 6:29
29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
29Returne, I pray you, let it not be iniquitie; yea returne againe: my righteousnesse † is in it.
- That is, in this matter.
Job 6:30
30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
30Is there iniquitie in my tongue? cannot †my taste discerne peruerse things?
- Hebr. my palate.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 6:28
Satisfied and at rest in one's condition; also what is contained, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
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Plain, apparent, manifest, or clearly perceived.
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To recline, rest, remain, or be situated; also, to speak falsely or a falsehood.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 6:29
To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
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Wickedness, unrighteousness, injustice, or a particular sin.
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Yes; truly; an expression of affirmation or emphasis.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 6:30
Wickedness, unrighteousness, injustice, or a particular sin.
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The organ of speech; a language; speech or manner of speaking.
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Is unable to; is not able to.
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The faculty of discerning or trying the moral quality of what is spoken.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To see or understand the difference; to make distinction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Literally, turned aside; hence, distorted from the right.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 28
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Open the full verse study4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
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Open the full verse study4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
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Open the full verse study3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
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Open the full verse study3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
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Open the full verse study4For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
From verse 29
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Open the full verse study10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
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Open the full verse study10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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Open the full verse study4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
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Open the full verse study5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
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Open the full verse study6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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Open the full verse study18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
From verse 30
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Open the full verse study11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
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Open the full verse study3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
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Open the full verse study6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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Open the full verse study14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
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Open the full verse study8Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
9I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
11He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
12Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
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Open the full verse study3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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