King James Version
Job 3:24 in the King James Version says “For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. I eat: Heb. my meat” — study this verse from Job chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. I eat: Heb. my meat”
Job 3:24 · KJV
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. I eat: Heb. my meat
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. the thing: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“are poured out”
H5413to flow forth (literally or figuratively); by implication, to liquify
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