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Psalms 32:3

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When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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  1. Proverbs 28:13Rank 1 from verse 3
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    13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

  2. Psalms 38:3Rank 2 from verse 3
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    3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

  3. Psalms 38:8Rank 3 from verse 3
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    8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

  4. Psalms 22:1Rank 4 from verse 3
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    1MY God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

  5. Lamentations 3:8Rank 5 from verse 3
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    8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

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Psalms 32:3

COMBINED MEANING

silence

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Absence or cessation of sound or speech; quietness, stillness, restraint from speaking, or the condition of being made unable or unwilling to answer.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

waxed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wax, meaning to grow, increase, or become.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

roaring

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of roar, meaning to make such a sound, especially in distress or fierceness.

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

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

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

COMBINED MEANING

long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

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4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

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