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Job 7:13

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When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
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  1. Psalms 6:6Rank 1 from verse 13
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    6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

  2. Psalms 77:4Rank 2 from verse 13
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    4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

  3. Job 7:3–4Rank 3 from verse 13
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    3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

    4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

  4. Job 9:27–28Rank 4 from verse 13
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    27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

    28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

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Job 7:13

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bed

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Sense 1: A place for rest or sleep. Sense 2: The marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

comfort

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Sense 1: Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress. Sense 2: To strengthen, encourage, or console.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

couch

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1. A bed or place for lying, reclining, or resting. 2. To lie down or crouch in a place of rest or concealment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

ease

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Sense 1: Freedom or relief from pain, labour, trouble, or restraint. Sense 2: To relieve, quiet, or make less difficult.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

complaint

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An expression or utterance of grief, pain, trouble, or heaviness; a lament.

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

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12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

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14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

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