Job 9:21–22
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soule: I would despise my life.
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
This is one thing, therefore I said it; he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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From verse 21
- Psalms 139:23–24Rank 2 from verse 21
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
23Search me, O God, and knowe my heart: trie mee, and knowe my thoughts:
24†And see if there bee any wicked way in me: and leade me in the way euerlasting.
- 1 Corinthians 4:4Rank 3 from verse 21
21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
21And why doest thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquitie? for now shall I sleepe in the dust, and thou shalt seeke me in the morning, but I shall not be.
- Proverbs 28:26Rank 5 from verse 21
- 1 John 3:20Rank 6 from verse 21
- Jeremiah 17:9–10Rank 7 from verse 21
9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
9¶ The heart is deceitfull aboue all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it?
10*I the LORD search the heart, I try the reines, euen to giue euery man according to his waies, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Job 7:15–16Rank 8 from verse 21
From verse 22
- Ecclesiastes 9:1–3Rank 1 from verse 22
1FOR all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
1¶ †For all this I considered in my heart, euen to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their workes, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either loue, or hatred, by all that is before them.
2*All things come alike to all: there is one euent to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the cleane, and to the vncleane; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner, and hee that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3This is an euill among all things that are done vnder the Sunne, that there is one euent vnto all: yea also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnesse is in their heart while they liue, and after that they goe to the dead.
- Ezekiel 21:3–4Rank 2 from verse 22
3And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
4Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
3And say to y e land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
4Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword goe forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the South to the North:
- Luke 13:2–4Rank 4 from verse 22
2And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they suffered such things?
3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
2And Iesus answering, said vnto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners aboue all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?
3I tell you, Nay: but except yee repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
4Or those eighteene, vpon whom the towre in Siloe fell, and slew them, thinke ye that they were ‖sinners aboue all men that dwelt in Hierusalem?
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Job 9:21
Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.
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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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To regard with contempt, reject, or esteem lightly.
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The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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Job 9:22
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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destroyeth
Third-person singular present form of destroy. Sense 1: Ruins, demolishes, consumes, or lays waste. Sense 2: Kills or cuts off. Sense 3: Causes a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.
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20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
20If I iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne me: If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prooue me peruerse.
21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soule: I would despise my life.
Selected passage22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
22This is one thing, therefore I said it; he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Selected passage23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, hee will laugh at the triall of the innocent.