King James Version
Job 23:14 in the King James Version says “For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.” — study this verse from Job chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.”
Job 23:14 · KJV
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up my: or, my appointed portion
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For he performeth”
H7999to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
“the thing that is appointed”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
“such”
H2007themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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