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Job 9:27–28

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If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
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From verse 27

  1. Job 7:13Rank 1 from verse 27
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    13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

  2. Jeremiah 8:18Rank 2 from verse 27
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    18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

  3. Job 7:11Rank 3 from verse 27
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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  4. Psalms 77:2–3Rank 4 from verse 27
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    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.

From verse 28

  1. Psalms 119:120Rank 1 from verse 28
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    120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

  2. Job 10:14Rank 2 from verse 28
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    14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

  3. Job 14:16Rank 3 from verse 28
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    16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

  4. Job 21:6Rank 4 from verse 28
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    6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

  5. Job 3:25Rank 5 from verse 28
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    25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

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Job 9:27

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

forget

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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

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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

COMBINED MEANING

leave

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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

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

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Job 9:28

COMBINED MEANING

know

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

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thou

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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

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wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hold

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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

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26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

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

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29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

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