King James Version
Job 19:29 in the King James Version says “Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment .” — study this verse from Job chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment .”
Job 19:29 · KJV
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. another: Heb. a stranger though: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day) within: Heb. in my bosom
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? seeing: or, and what root of matter is found in me?
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment .
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“Be ye afraid”
H1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place);
“of”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“of the sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“that ye may know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“there is a judgment”
H1779judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
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