Psalms 32:4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
For day and night thy hand was heauy vpon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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- 1 Samuel 5:11Rank 1 from verse 4
11So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
11So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the Arke of the God of Israel, and let it goe againe to his owne place, that it slay vs not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the citie: The hand of God was very heauy there.
- Psalms 38:2–8Rank 2 from verse 4
2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
2For thine arrowes sticke fast in me; and thy hand presseth me sore.
3† There is no soundnesse in my flesh, because of thine anger: neither is there any rest in my bones, because of my sinne.
4For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head: as an heauy burden, they are too heauie for me.
5My wounds stinke, and are corrupt: because of my foolishnesse.
6†I am troubled, I am bowed downe greatly; I goe mourning all the day long.
7For my loynes are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundnesse in my flesh.
8I am feeble and sore broken; I haue roared by reason of the disquietnesse of my heart.
- Psalms 39:10–11Rank 4 from verse 4
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
10†Remooue thy stroke away from mee: I am consumed by the blowe of thine hand.
11†When thou with rebukes doest correct man for iniquitie, thou makest his beautie to consume away like a moth: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.
- Psalms 22:15Rank 5 from verse 4
- Psalms 102:3–4Rank 6 from verse 4
3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
3‖For my dayes are consumed like smoke: and my bones are burnt as an hearth.
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grasse: so that I forget to eate my bread.
- Psalms 90:6–7Rank 7 from verse 4
6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth vp: in the euening it is cut downe, and withereth.
7For we are consumed by thine anger: and by thy wrath are we troubled.
- 1 Samuel 5:6–7Rank 8 from verse 4
6But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
7And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
6But the hand of the LORD was heauy vpon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with *Emerods, euen Ashdod, and the coastes thereof.
7And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The Arke of the God of Israel shall not abide with vs: for his hand is sore vpon vs, and vpon Dagon our god.
- 1 Samuel 6:9Rank 9 from verse 4
9And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
9And see, if it goeth vp by the way of his owne coast to Bethshemesh, then ‖he hath done vs this great euill: but if not, then wee shall know that it is not his hand that smote vs; it was a chance that happened to vs.
- Lamentations 4:8Rank 12 from verse 4
8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
8†Their visage is blacker then a cole: they are not knowen in the streets: their skinne cleaueth to their bones: it is withered, it is become like a sticke.
- Lamentations 5:10Rank 13 from verse 4
- 1 Samuel 5:9Rank 14 from verse 4
9And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
9And it was so, that after they had caried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the citie with a very great destruction: and hee smote the men of the citie both small and great, and they had Emerods in their secret parts.
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Psalms 32:4
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
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
1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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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.
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Sense 1: Of great weight. Sense 2: Grievous, sorrowful, burdened, or hard to bear.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Wetness or liquid present in something.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Dryness or lack of water or rain; a dry season or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The warm season of the year. Sense 2: Fruit ripening or gathered in that season, or a dwelling used in it. Sense 3: As a verb, to pass that season in a place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old; through my roaring all the day long.
4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
4For day and night thy hand was heauy vpon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Selected passage5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
5*I acknowledged my sin vnto thee, and mine iniquitie haue I not hid: I said, I will confesse my transgressions vnto the LORD; and thou forgauest the iniquitie of my sinne. Selah.