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Job 9:28–31

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I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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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.

From verse 29

  1. Job 10:7Rank 1 from verse 29
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    7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

  2. Jeremiah 2:35Rank 2 from verse 29
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    35Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

  3. Job 10:14–17Rank 3 from verse 29
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    14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

    15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

    16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

    17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

  4. Job 10:2Rank 4 from verse 29
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    2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  5. Job 21:16–17Rank 5 from verse 29
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    16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

    17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

From verse 30

  1. Jeremiah 2:22Rank 1 from verse 30
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    22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.

  2. Psalms 26:6Rank 2 from verse 30
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    6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:

  3. 1 John 1:8Rank 3 from verse 30
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    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  4. Isaiah 1:16–18Rank 4 from verse 30
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    16¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

    17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

    18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  5. Jeremiah 4:14Rank 5 from verse 30
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    14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

From verse 31

  1. Isaiah 59:6Rank 1 from verse 31
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    6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

  2. Isaiah 64:6Rank 2 from verse 31
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    6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

  3. Job 15:6Rank 3 from verse 31
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    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  4. Job 9:20Rank 4 from verse 31
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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.

  5. Philippians 3:8–9Rank 5 from verse 31
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    8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

    9And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

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Job 9:28

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

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

COMBINED MEANING

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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Job 9:29

COMBINED MEANING

labour

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1. Work, toil, effort, exertion, service, or the product of work. 2. Weariness or trouble. 3. Travail in childbirth. 4. To work, strive, serve, or exert oneself.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

vain

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Empty, fruitless, ineffective, unprofitable, worthless, false, unsubstantial, or conceited.

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 9:30

COMBINED MEANING

wash

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To cleanse with water or another liquid; to bathe or cause water to pass over.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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snow

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Frozen white precipitation falling from clouds and covering the earth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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water

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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

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

COMBINED MEANING

hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

never

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Sense 1: Not ever; at no time or in no case. Sense 2: In never so constructions, however or no matter how much.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 9:31

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

COMBINED MEANING

plunge

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To thrust, drive, or cast into water, mire, or another surrounding substance or condition.

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

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

clothes

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Garments, dress, or cloth coverings and wrappings worn on or around the body.

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

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

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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30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

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31Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

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32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

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