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Job 7:3–5

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So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
When 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.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
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From verse 3

  1. Psalms 6:6Rank 1 from verse 3
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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. Ecclesiastes 1:14Rank 2 from verse 3
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    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  3. Job 16:7Rank 3 from verse 3
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    7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

  4. Job 29:2Rank 4 from verse 3
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    2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

  5. Psalms 39:5Rank 5 from verse 3
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    5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

From verse 4

  1. Deuteronomy 28:67Rank 1 from verse 4
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    67In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

  2. Job 7:13–14Rank 2 from verse 4
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    13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

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

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

  4. Job 30:17Rank 4 from verse 4
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    17My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

  5. Psalms 130:6Rank 5 from verse 4
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    6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

From verse 5

  1. Isaiah 14:11Rank 1 from verse 5
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    11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

  2. Job 17:14Rank 2 from verse 5
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    14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

  3. Job 2:7–8Rank 3 from verse 5
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    7¶ So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

    8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

  4. Acts 12:23Rank 4 from verse 5
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    23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  5. Ezekiel 20:43Rank 5 from verse 5
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    43And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 7:3

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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

COMBINED MEANING

vanity

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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

appointed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of appoint. Sense 1: To assign, designate, establish, or set for a particular purpose, office, or time. Sense 2: To supply, allot, furnish, or equip with provisions or equipment.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Job 7:4

COMBINED MEANING

lie

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Sense 1: To recline, rest, remain, or be situated. Sense 2: In ‘lie with,’ to have sexual intercourse. Sense 3: To speak falsely. Sense 4: A false statement or deception.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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

arise

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1. To rise, stand, get up, or move upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. To begin, emerge, appear, come into being, or come forward. 3. To take action, intervene, or undertake the stated work. 4. To rise from death; to return to life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

COMBINED MEANING

gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fro

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Away or back in the opposite direction, chiefly in the phrase to and fro, meaning repeatedly this way and that, back and forth, or from place to place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Job 7:5

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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clothed

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1. Dressed or covered with garments or another material covering. 2. Figuratively, furnished, arrayed, or characterized with a stated condition or quality.

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

COMBINED MEANING

worms

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Sense 1: Small creeping creatures or larvae. Sense 2: Figures of lowliness, corruption, or consuming judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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skin

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Sense 1: The natural outer covering of a person or animal; the hide or exterior covering. Sense 2: To strip off the skin or hide.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7:2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

7:3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

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7:4When 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.

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7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

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7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

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