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Psalms 38:2–3

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For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
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From verse 2

  1. Job 6:4Rank 1 from verse 2
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    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  2. Psalms 32:4Rank 2 from verse 2
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    4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

  3. 1 Samuel 5:6Rank 3 from verse 2
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    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.

  4. Deuteronomy 2:15Rank 4 from verse 2
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    15For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

  5. Lamentations 3:12Rank 5 from verse 2
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    12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

  6. 1 Samuel 5:11Rank 6 from verse 2
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    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.

  7. 1 Samuel 6:9Rank 7 from verse 2
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    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.

  8. Psalms 21:12Rank 8 from verse 2
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    12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

  9. Psalms 39:10–11Rank 9 from verse 2
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    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. Psalms 64:7Rank 10 from verse 2
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    7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

  11. Ruth 1:13Rank 11 from verse 2
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    13Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

From verse 3

  1. Psalms 6:2Rank 1 from verse 3
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    2Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

  2. Psalms 51:8Rank 2 from verse 3
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    8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

  3. Psalms 31:9–10Rank 3 from verse 3
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    9Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

    10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

  4. Isaiah 1:5–6Rank 4 from verse 3
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    5¶ Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

    6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

  5. Lamentations 3:40–42Rank 5 from verse 3
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    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

    41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

    42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

  6. 2 Chronicles 26:19Rank 6 from verse 3
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    19Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.

  7. Job 2:7–8Rank 7 from verse 3
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    7¶ So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

    8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

  8. Job 33:19–22Rank 8 from verse 3
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    19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

    20So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

    21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

    22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

  9. Psalms 102:3Rank 9 from verse 3
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    3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

  10. Psalms 102:5Rank 10 from verse 3
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    5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

  11. Psalms 90:7–8Rank 11 from verse 3
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    7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

    8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 38:2

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

arrows

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Sense 1: Pointed missiles shot from bows. Sense 2: Figuratively, instruments or images of attack, judgment, pain, or sudden force.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stick

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Sense 1: As a noun, a cut branch, rod, or slender piece of wood. Sense 2: As a verb, to adhere, remain fast, project, or be fixed in or upon something.

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

COMBINED MEANING

fast

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Sense 1: Firm, fixed, or secure. Sense 2: Moving quickly. Sense 3: A period or act of abstaining from food. Sense 4: To abstain from food for a time.

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

COMBINED MEANING

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.

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

sore

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Sense 1: Painful, grievous, severe, or causing distress. Sense 2: Greatly, exceedingly, or intensely. Sense 3: A wound, ulcer, or tender or diseased place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 38:3

COMBINED MEANING

soundness

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Wholeness, bodily health, or an unimpaired condition; perfect physical integrity.

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

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rest

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Sense 1: To cease from labour or motion, lie still, settle, remain, or rely; also repose, peace, security, or an abiding place. Sense 2: The remaining persons or things after a part is distinguished.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

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

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38:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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

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38:4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

38:5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

38:6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

38:7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

38:8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

38:9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

38:10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

38:13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

38:14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

38:15For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

38:16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

38:17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

38:18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

38:19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

38:20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

38:21Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

38:22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

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