KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Romans 3:16–17
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Romans 3:16
16Destruction and misery are in their ways:
16Destruction & misery are in their wayes:
Romans 3:17
17And the way of peace have they not known:
17And the way of peace haue they not knowen.
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DEFINED WORDS
Romans 3:16
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
Destruction
Ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or the calamity and loss produced by destroying.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Great distress, affliction, suffering, or wretchedness.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Romans 3:17
Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
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Open the full verse study1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Open the full verse study79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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Open the full verse study14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
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Open the full verse study21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
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