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Job 8:8–10

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For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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From verse 8

  1. Deuteronomy 32:7Rank 1 from verse 8
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    7¶ Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:32Rank 2 from verse 8
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    32For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

  3. Job 15:18Rank 3 from verse 8
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    18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

  4. Romans 15:4Rank 4 from verse 8
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    4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

  5. 1 Corinthians 10:11Rank 5 from verse 8
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    11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

From verse 9

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:15Rank 1 from verse 9
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    15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

  2. Psalms 144:4Rank 2 from verse 9
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    4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

  3. Job 14:2Rank 3 from verse 9
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    2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

  4. Psalms 102:11Rank 4 from verse 9
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    11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

  5. Genesis 47:9Rank 5 from verse 9
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    9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

From verse 10

  1. Proverbs 18:15Rank 1 from verse 10
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    15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

  2. Matthew 12:35Rank 2 from verse 10
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    35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

  3. Deuteronomy 11:19Rank 3 from verse 10
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    19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  4. Deuteronomy 6:7Rank 4 from verse 10
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    7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  5. Hebrews 11:4Rank 5 from verse 10
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    4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

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Job 8:8

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

pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

age

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Sense 1: A period of life or history; the length or stage of one's life. Sense 2: A generation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

search

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Sense 1: To seek carefully, examine, explore, or inquire in order to find or know. Sense 2: A careful examination or inquiry made to find or know.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 8:9

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

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

yesterday

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The day immediately before the present day; by extension, former time just past.

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

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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

COMBINED MEANING

shadow

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1. A darkened shape or shade cast by intercepted light. 2. Shelter or protection. 3. A fleeting trace or likeness. 4. A preliminary outline, type, or representation of a fuller reality.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 8:10

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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

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teach

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To instruct, inform, train, show, counsel, or communicate knowledge or doctrine.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

tell

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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

utter

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1. To speak, declare, or make known. 2. Outermost or complete.

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

COMBINED MEANING

words

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

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

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9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

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10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

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11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

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