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Job 6:3–5

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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
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From verse 3

  1. Proverbs 27:3Rank 1 from verse 3
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    3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

  2. Job 23:2Rank 2 from verse 3
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    2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

  3. Job 37:19–20Rank 3 from verse 3
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    19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

    20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  4. Matthew 11:28Rank 4 from verse 3
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    28¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

  5. Psalms 40:5Rank 5 from verse 3
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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.

  6. Psalms 77:4Rank 6 from verse 3
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    4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

From verse 4

  1. Psalms 38:2Rank 1 from verse 4
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    2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

  2. Job 30:15Rank 2 from verse 4
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    15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

  3. Psalms 88:15–16Rank 3 from verse 4
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    15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

    16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

  4. Proverbs 18:14Rank 4 from verse 4
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    14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  5. Job 16:12–14Rank 5 from verse 4
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    12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

    13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

    14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

  6. Mark 15:34Rank 6 from verse 4
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    34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

  7. Psalms 143:7Rank 7 from verse 4
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    7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

  8. Job 9:17Rank 8 from verse 4
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    17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

  9. Lamentations 3:12–13Rank 9 from verse 4
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    12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

    13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

  10. 2 Corinthians 5:11Rank 10 from verse 4
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    11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

  11. Deuteronomy 32:23–24Rank 11 from verse 4
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    23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

    24They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

  12. Deuteronomy 32:42Rank 12 from verse 4
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    42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

  13. Job 21:20Rank 13 from verse 4
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    20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

  14. Job 31:23Rank 14 from verse 4
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    23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  15. Mark 14:33–34Rank 15 from verse 4
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    33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

    34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

  16. Psalms 18:14Rank 16 from verse 4
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    14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

  17. Psalms 21:12Rank 17 from verse 4
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    12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

  18. Psalms 45:5Rank 18 from verse 4
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    5Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

  19. Psalms 7:13Rank 19 from verse 4
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    13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

From verse 5

  1. Jeremiah 14:6Rank 1 from verse 5
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    6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

  2. Joel 1:18–20Rank 2 from verse 5
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    18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

    19O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

    20The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

  3. Psalms 104:14Rank 3 from verse 5
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    14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

  4. Psalms 42:1Rank 4 from verse 5
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    1AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 6:3

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

sea

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1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 6:4

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

arrows

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Sense 1: Pointed missiles shot from bows. Sense 2: Figuratively, instruments or images of attack, judgment, pain, or sudden force.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

poison

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A substance which, when taken into the stomach, mixed with the blood or applied to the skin or flesh, proves fatal or deleterious by an action not mechanical; venom.

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

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

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

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

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

array

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Sense 1: Orderly arrangement or rank, especially a battle formation. Sense 2: Clothing or apparel. Sense 3: As a verb, to arrange or set in order, especially for battle, or to clothe.

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

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Job 6:5

COMBINED MEANING

bray

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Sense 1: To utter the characteristic cry of an ass. Sense 2: To pound or crush in a mortar.

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

COMBINED MEANING

grass

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Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6:2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

6:3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

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6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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6:5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

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6:6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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