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Then Job answered and said,
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I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
heard: Job 6:6, Job 6:25, Job 11:2, Job 11:3, Job 13:5, Job 19:2, Job 19:3, Job 26:2, Job 26:3, James 1:19
miserable: or, troublesome, Job 13:4, Psalms 69:26, Philippians 1:16
Reciprocal: Esther 6:13 - but shalt surely Job 2:11 - to comfort Job 15:3 - he reason Job 18:2 - How long Job 21:2 - let this be Job 21:34 - comfort Psalms 69:20 - comforters Psalms 108:12 - for vain Matthew 27:4 - see
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Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
vain words: Heb. words of wind, Job 6:26, Job 8:2, Job 15:2
what emboldeneth: Job 20:3, Job 32:3-6, Matthew 22:46, Titus 1:11, Titus 2:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 5:9 - vain words Job 6:25 - what doth Job 11:2 - the multitude Job 13:5 - General Job 15:3 - he reason Job 18:2 - How long Job 27:12 - altogether Romans 9:20 - repliest
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I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
if your soul: Job 6:2-5, Job 6:14, Matthew 7:12, Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26
up words: Job 11:2, Job 35:16, Proverbs 10:19, Ecclesiastes 10:14
shake mine: 2 Kings 19:21, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 44:14, Psalms 109:25, Jeremiah 18:16, Lamentations 2:15, Matthew 27:39, Matthew 27:40
Reciprocal: Job 6:25 - what doth Job 12:5 - of him Job 16:20 - scorn me Job 26:2 - helped Psalms 123:4 - with the scorning Ecclesiastes 4:1 - they had Isaiah 37:22 - shaken Philippians 1:16 - supposing
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But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
But I would: Job 4:3, Job 4:4, Job 6:14, Job 29:25, Psalms 27:14, Proverbs 27:9, Proverbs 27:17, Isaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Galatians 6:1
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 23:16 - strengthened Job 6:25 - forcible Job 26:2 - helped Job 36:17 - fulfilled Job 42:11 - they bemoaned Ecclesiastes 10:12 - words Daniel 10:18 - he Revelation 3:2 - strengthen
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Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
my grief: Job 10:1, Psalms 77:1-9, Psalms 88:15-18
what am I eased: Heb. what goeth from me
Reciprocal: Job 7:11 - I will not
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But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
he hath: Job 3:17, Job 7:3, Job 7:16, Job 10:1, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 6:7, Proverbs 3:11, Proverbs 3:12, Isaiah 50:4, Micah 6:13
hast made: Job 1:15-19, Job 29:5-25
Reciprocal: Job 37:23 - he will Lamentations 3:11 - he hath made
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And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
And thou hast: etc. Some render, "thou has fettered me," as kamat signifies in Arabic; but as it signifies in Syriac to be wrinkled, the common version seems, from the connexion, to be more correct; and if Job's disease were the elephantiasis, these words would apply most forcibly to the wrinkled state of the skin in that disorder.
is a witness: Job 10:17, Ruth 1:21, Ephesians 5:27
my leanness: Psalms 106:15, Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 24:16
Reciprocal: Lamentations 3:4 - My flesh James 5:3 - a witness
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He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
teareth me: Job 10:16, Job 10:17, Job 18:4, Psalms 50:22, Lamentations 3:10, Hosea 5:14
he gnasheth: Psalms 35:16, Psalms 37:12, Lamentations 2:16
mine: Job 13:24, Job 13:27, Job 19:11, Micah 7:8
Reciprocal: Job 30:21 - become cruel Job 33:10 - he counteth Psalms 18:17 - them Psalms 35:15 - they Isaiah 57:4 - draw Jeremiah 30:14 - I Lamentations 3:4 - My flesh Mark 9:18 - gnasheth Luke 22:63 - mocked Acts 7:54 - they gnashed
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They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
gaped: Psalms 22:13, Psalms 22:16, Psalms 22:17, Psalms 35:21, Luke 23:35, Luke 23:36
they have smitten: 1 Kings 22:24, 2 Chronicles 18:23, Isaiah 50:6, Lamentations 3:30, Micah 5:1, Matthew 26:67, John 18:22, Acts 23:2, 2 Corinthians 11:20
gathered: Psalms 35:15, Psalms 94:21, Acts 4:27
Reciprocal: Job 12:4 - one mocked Job 21:3 - mock on Psalms 3:7 - thou Psalms 22:7 - shoot out Isaiah 57:4 - draw Lamentations 2:16 - thine Matthew 5:39 - whosoever Luke 22:63 - mocked
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God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
delivered me: Heb. shut me up, 1 Samuel 24:18, *marg. Psalms 31:8, Romans 11:32, *marg.
to the ungodly: Job 1:13-19, Job 2:7, Psalms 7:14, John 19:16, 2 Corinthians 12:7
turned: Psalms 27:12
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:30 - shut them Job 10:17 - war Job 12:14 - he shutteth Job 19:6 - God Job 19:12 - His Job 20:22 - every hand Job 40:2 - he that reproveth Jeremiah 45:3 - added
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I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
at ease: Job 1:2, Job 1:3, Job 3:26, Job 29:3, Job 29:18, Job 29:19
broken me: Job 4:10, Psalms 44:19, Lamentations 3:4, Matthew 21:44
by my neck: Job 15:26, Romans 16:4
shaken: Lamentations 3:11, Ezekiel 29:7
set me up: Job 7:12, Job 7:20, Lamentations 3:12
Reciprocal: Job 6:4 - the arrows Psalms 21:12 - make Psalms 88:17 - They Isaiah 30:32 - shaking Isaiah 38:13 - as a lion Lamentations 2:4 - bent
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His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
archers: Job 6:4, Genesis 49:23, Psalms 7:12, Psalms 7:13
he cleaveth: Job 19:27, Lamentations 3:13
doth: Job 6:10, Deuteronomy 29:20, Ezekiel 5:11, Romans 8:32, 2 Peter 2:5
poureth: Job 20:25, Lamentations 2:11
Reciprocal: Job 19:22 - persecute Job 34:6 - wound Psalms 21:12 - make Psalms 73:21 - in my Psalms 88:17 - They Lamentations 3:11 - pulled Lamentations 3:12 - bent
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He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
breaketh: Lamentations 3:3-5
runneth: Judges 15:8, Psalms 42:7
Reciprocal: Job 1:18 - there came Job 9:17 - For he Job 19:22 - persecute Jeremiah 17:18 - destroy them with double destruction
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I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
sewed: 1 Kings 21:27, Isaiah 22:12
defiled my horn: Job 30:19, 1 Samuel 2:10, Psalms 7:5, Psalms 75:5, Psalms 75:10
Reciprocal: Isaiah 3:24 - a girding Lamentations 2:3 - the horn Revelation 11:3 - clothed
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My face is foul with weeping, and my eyelids is the shadow of death;
face: Psalms 6:6, Psalms 6:7, Psalms 31:9, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 69:3, Psalms 102:3-5, Psalms 102:9, Isaiah 52:14, Lamentations 1:16
on my eyelids: Job 17:7, Psalms 116:3, Jonah 2:1-10, Mark 14:34
Reciprocal: Job 3:5 - the shadow
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Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Not for: Job 11:14, Job 15:20, Job 15:34, Job 21:27, Job 21:28, Job 22:5-9, Job 27:6, Job 27:7, Job 29:12-17, Job 31:1-40, Psalms 7:3-5, Psalms 44:17-21
my prayer: Job 8:5, Job 8:6, Psalms 66:18, Psalms 66:19, Proverbs 15:8, 1 Timothy 2:8
Reciprocal: Job 4:6 - the uprightness Job 9:17 - without cause Job 13:15 - but I will Job 19:7 - I cry Job 33:9 - clean Job 34:5 - I Job 35:2 - My James 4:8 - Cleanse
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O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
O earth: Jeremiah 22:29
cover not: Genesis 4:11, Nehemiah 4:5, Isaiah 26:21, Ezekiel 24:7
let my cry: Job 27:9, Psalms 66:18, Psalms 66:19, Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 58:9, Isaiah 58:10, James 4:3, James 4:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:10 - crieth Genesis 37:26 - conceal Leviticus 17:13 - pour out Job 20:27 - earth
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Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
my witness: 1 Samuel 12:5, Romans 1:9, Romans 9:1, 2 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 11:31, 1 Thessalonians 2:10
on high: Heb. in the high places, Job 25:2, Psalms 113:5
Reciprocal: Acts 20:26 - I take
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My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
scorn me: Heb. are my scorners, Job 16:4, Job 12:4, Job 12:5, Job 17:2
poureth: Psalms 109:4, Psalms 142:2, Hosea 12:4, Hosea 12:5, Luke 6:11, Luke 6:12, Hebrews 5:7
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:6 - drew water Job 2:11 - friends Job 21:3 - mock on Psalms 6:6 - I water Psalms 39:12 - hold Psalms 56:8 - put Psalms 88:9 - Mine Psalms 119:22 - Remove
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O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
plead: Job 9:34, Job 9:35, Job 13:3, Job 13:22, Job 23:3-7, Job 31:35, Job 40:1-5, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Isaiah 45:9, Romans 9:20
neighbour: or, friend
Reciprocal: Exodus 33:11 - his friend Job 13:15 - but I will Job 13:18 - I have ordered Job 19:7 - no judgment Job 22:4 - will he enter Job 34:23 - that he Job 40:4 - what Psalms 32:4 - hand Isaiah 43:26 - Put James 2:23 - the Friend
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When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
a few years: Heb. years of number, Job 14:5, Job 14:14
whence: Job 7:9, Job 7:10, Job 14:10, Ecclesiastes 12:5
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:2 - I go Job 4:20 - they perish Job 7:6 - swifter