KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 30:31
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Proverbs 30:31
31A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
31‖A gray-hound; an hee-goate also; and a king, against whom there is no rising vp.
- Or, horse. Heb. girt in the loynes.
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Proverbs 30:31
The swift animal called a greyhound in Proverbs 30:31; the entry does not impose a particular modern breed identification.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
The act of getting up, ascending, or coming forth; an uprising, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
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Open the full verse study14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
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Open the full verse study2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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