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Psalms 142:4

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I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
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  1. Jeremiah 30:17Rank 1 from verse 4
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    17For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

  2. Psalms 31:11Rank 2 from verse 4
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    11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

  3. Psalms 88:18Rank 3 from verse 4
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    18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

  4. Job 19:13–19Rank 4 from verse 4
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    13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

    14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

    15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

    16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

    17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

    18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

    19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

  5. Matthew 26:56Rank 5 from verse 4
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    56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

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Psalms 142:4

COMBINED MEANING

looked

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of look, meaning to direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

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

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

refuge

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A shelter, haven, protection, or source of safety to which one flees or trusts.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

failed

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fail, meaning to become deficient; to be insufficient; to cease to be abundant for supply. Sense 2: To be entirely wanting.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cared

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of care, meaning to feel concern or regard; to take anxious thought.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

4I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

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5I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

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