King James Version
Job 19:3 in the King James Version says “These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. make: or, harden yourse...” — study this verse from Job chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. make: or, harden yourselves against me”
Job 19:3 · KJV
Then Job answered and said,
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. make: or, harden yourselves against me
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“times”
H6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
“have ye reproached”
H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“me ye are not ashamed”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
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