Job 9:27–28
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leaue off my heauinesse, and comfort my selfe.
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
I am afraid of all my sorrowes, I know that thou wilt not holde me innocent.
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From verse 27
- Jeremiah 8:18Rank 2 from verse 27
- Psalms 77:2–3Rank 4 from verse 27
2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
2†In the day of my trouble, I sought the LORD; my sore ranne in the night, and ceased not: my soule refused to be comforted.
3I remembred God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was ouerwhelmed. Selah.
From verse 28
- Psalms 119:120Rank 1 from verse 28
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.
- Job 9:20–21Rank 8 from verse 28
20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
20If I iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne me: If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prooue me peruerse.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soule: I would despise my life.
- Psalms 130:3Rank 9 from verse 28
- Psalms 88:15–16Rank 10 from verse 28
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.
15I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth ouer me: thy terrours haue cut me off.
- Exodus 20:7Rank 11 from verse 28
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Job 9:27
Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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To fail or cease to remember; to lose from mind; to neglect or disregard.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
An expression or utterance of grief, pain, trouble, or heaviness; a lament.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. To depart, cease from, abandon, forsake, release, permit, entrust, bequeath, cause or allow to remain, omit, exclude, or not take. 2. As a noun, permission or liberty to act, including permission to depart.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sorrow, grief, mourning, distress, or burden of heart.
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Sense 1: Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress. Sense 2: To strengthen, encourage, or console.
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Job 9:28
Feeling fear, alarm, apprehension, or terror.
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Griefs, pains, afflictions, or causes of distress.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.
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Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Free from guilt in a matter; not blameworthy, harmful, or deserving punishment.
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26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
26They are passed away as the †‖swift ships: as the Eagle that hasteth to the pray.
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leaue off my heauinesse, and comfort my selfe.
Selected passage28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
28I am afraid of all my sorrowes, I know that thou wilt not holde me innocent.
Selected passage29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vaine?