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Psalms 127:5

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Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
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  1. Proverbs 27:11Rank 1 from verse 5
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    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  2. Job 42:12–16Rank 2 from verse 5
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    12So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

    13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

    14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

    15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

    16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

  3. Genesis 50:23Rank 3 from verse 5
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    23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.

  4. Job 5:4Rank 4 from verse 5
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    4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

  5. Psalms 18:47Rank 5 from verse 5
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    47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

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Psalms 127:5

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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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ashamed

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1. Brought to shame, dishonour, confusion, or disappointed expectation. 2. Feeling or showing shame or embarrassment because of conduct, condition, or exposure. 3. Unwilling or reluctant to own, acknowledge, associate with, or do something because of shame.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

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

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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.

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4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

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