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Lexicon :: Strong's H3477 - yāšār

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יָשָׁר
Transliteration
yāšār
Pronunciation
yaw-shawr'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 930a

Strong’s Definitions

יָשָׁר yâshâr, yaw-shawr'; from H3474; straight (literally or figuratively):—convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x

The KJV translates Strong's H3477 in the following manner: right (53x), upright (42x), righteous (9x), straight (3x), convenient (2x), Jasher (2x), equity (1x), just (1x), meet (1x), meetest (1x), upright ones (1x), uprightly (1x), uprightness (1x), well (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x
The KJV translates Strong's H3477 in the following manner: right (53x), upright (42x), righteous (9x), straight (3x), convenient (2x), Jasher (2x), equity (1x), just (1x), meet (1x), meetest (1x), upright ones (1x), uprightly (1x), uprightness (1x), well (1x).

  1. straight, upright, correct, right

    1. straight, level

    2. right, pleasing, correct

    3. straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper

    4. uprightness, righteous, upright

    5. that which is upright (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָשָׁר yâshâr, yaw-shawr'; from H3474; straight (literally or figuratively):—convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
STRONGS H3477: Abbreviations
† יָשָׁר adjective straight, right; — י׳ 1 Samuel 29:6 + 70 times; construct יְשַׁר Proverbs 29:27; feminine יְשָׁרָה Ezekiel 1:7 + 4 times; plural יְשָׁרִים Numbers 23:10 + 31 times; construct יִשְׁרֵי Psalm 7:11 + 8 times; feminine יְשָׁרוֺת Ezekiel 1:23 (strike out Co); —
1. straight, level, of a way Isaiah 26:7; Jeremiah 31:9; Psalm 107:7; Ezra 8:21; foot Ezekiel 1:7; wings Ezekiel 1:23 (? see above)
2. right, pleasing:
a. to God, הַיָּשָׁר בעיני that which is right, pleasing in the eyes of, agreeable to (either construct before י׳, or with suffixes referring to him), especially in Deuteronomic writers, Exodus 15:26 (R), Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 13:19; Deuteronomy 21:9; 1 Kings 11:33, 38; 1 Kings 14:8; 1 Kings 15:5, 11; 1 Kings 22:43 2 Chronicles 20:32, 2 Kings 10:30; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 15:3, 34; 2 Kings 16:2; 2 Kings 18:3; 2 Kings 22:3 2 Chronicles 24:2; 25:2; 26:4; 27:2; 28:1; 29:2; 34:2; Jeremiah 34:15; הישׁר והטוב בעיני י׳ Deuteronomy 6:18; הטוב והישׁר בעיני י׳ Deuteronomy 12:28; 2 Chronicles 14:1; הטוב והישׁר והאמת לפני י׳ 2 Chronicles 31:20.
b. to man, (ה)ישׁר בעיני Deuteronomy 12:8; Judges 17:6; Judges 21:25; 2 Samuel 19:7; Jeremiah 40:5; Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 21:2; (ה)טוב ו(ה)ישׁר בעיני Joshua 9:25 (D), Jeremiah 26:14; Jeremiah 40:4; יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵיאִֿישׁ Proverbs 14:12 there is a way which is pleasing before a man = Proverbs 16:25.
3. straightforward, just upright:
a. of God, צַדִּיק וְיָשָׁר הוא Deuteronomy 32:4 (song); טוב וישׁר י׳ Psalm 25:8; ישׁר י׳ Psalm 92:16; his ways Hosea 14:10; his משׁפטים Nehemiah 9:13; Psalm 119:137; פִּקּוּדִים Psalm 19:9; דָּבָר Psalm 33:4; the words of divine wisdom Proverbs 8:9.
b. of man, God made him upright Ecclesiastes 7:29; but יָשָׁר בָּאָדָם אָ֑יִן Micah 7:2 an upright man among men there is none and yet Job is תָּם וְיָשָׁר Job 1:1 (see Da), Job 1:8; Job 2:3, compare Psalm 37:37; זַךְ וישׁר Job 8:6; so earlier of David as an uprightman 1 Samuel 29:6; of man's doings || זַךְ Proverbs 20:11, compare Proverbs 21:8; of his way of life || טובה 1 Samuel 12:23; יְשַׁרדֶּֿרֶךְ Proverbs 29:27; יִשְׁרֵיּדֶֿרֶךְ Psalm 37:14; of his heart, mind, and will, יִשְׁרֵי לֵבָב upright of heart 2 Chronicles 29:34; יִשְׁרֵילֵֿב Psalm 7:11; Psalm 11:2; Psalm 32:11; Psalm 36:11; Psalm 64:11; Psalm 94:15; Psalm 97:11; יְשָׁרִים בְּלִבּוֺתָם Psalm 125:4.
c. as a noun,
(1) with reference to things, יָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי the right I have perverted Job 33:27; הַיְשָׁרָה יְעַקֵּ֑שׁוּ Micah 3:9 pervert the right (literally twist that which is straight); דֹּבֵר יְשָׁרִים speaketh right things Proverbs 16:13, compare 2 Kings 10:15.
(2) more commonly of men, in singular (ה)יָשָׁר Micah 2:7; Micah 7:4; 2 Kings 10:3; Proverbs 21:29; Job 23:7; collective, Psalm 11:7; also in סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר book of the upright Joshua 10:13; 2 Samuel 1:18 (compare 1 Kings 8:53 Greek Version of the LXX; DrIntr. 182), a collection of ancient national poetry; in plural יְשָׁרִים the upright, of pious Israel Numbers 23:10 (song E); elsewhere of the upright among the people of God as distinguished from the wicked, in Wisdom Literature. Job 4:7; Job 17:8; Proverbs 2:7, 21; Proverbs 3:32; Proverbs 11:3, 6, 11; Proverbs 12:6; Proverbs 14:9, 11; Proverbs 15:8, 19; Proverbs 16:17; Proverbs 21:18; Proverbs 28:10; Proverbs 29:10, in late Psalm 33:1; Psalm 49:15; Psalm 107:42; Psalm 111:1; Psalm 112:2; Psalm 112:4; Psalm 140:14 and Daniel 11:17.
4. abstract, uprightness, בֶּאֱמֶת וְיָשָׁר Psalm 111:8 (Thes), but read rather ישֶׁר with Hi Ri Bae, after Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum Jerome.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:26

Numbers

23:10; 23:10

Deuteronomy

6:18; 12:8; 12:25; 12:28; 21:9; 32:4

Joshua

9:25; 10:13

Judges

17:6; 21:25

1 Samuel

12:23; 29:6; 29:6

2 Samuel

1:18; 19:7

1 Kings

8:53; 11:33; 11:38; 14:8; 15:5; 15:11; 22:43

2 Kings

10:3; 10:15; 10:30; 12:3; 14:3; 15:3; 15:34; 16:2; 18:3; 22:3

2 Chronicles

14:1; 20:32; 24:2; 25:2; 26:4; 27:2; 28:1; 29:2; 29:34; 31:20; 34:2

Ezra

8:21

Nehemiah

9:13

Job

1:1; 1:8; 2:3; 4:7; 8:6; 17:8; 23:7; 33:27

Psalms

7:11; 7:11; 11:2; 11:7; 19:9; 25:8; 32:11; 33:1; 33:4; 36:11; 37:14; 37:37; 49:15; 94:15; 97:11; 107:7; 107:42; 111:1; 111:8; 112:2; 112:4; 119:137; 125:4

Proverbs

2:7; 2:21; 3:32; 8:9; 11:3; 11:6; 11:11; 12:6; 12:15; 14:9; 14:11; 14:12; 15:8; 15:19; 16:13; 16:17; 16:25; 20:11; 21:2; 21:8; 21:18; 21:29; 28:10; 29:10; 29:27; 29:27

Ecclesiastes

7:29

Isaiah

26:7

Jeremiah

26:14; 31:9; 34:15; 40:4; 40:5

Ezekiel

1:7; 1:7; 1:23; 1:23

Daniel

11:17

Micah

2:7; 3:9; 7:2; 7:4

H3477

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Strong's Number H3477 matches the Hebrew יָשָׁר (yāšār),
which occurs 119 times in 119 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Exo 15:26–Job 4:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:10 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - And thou shalt do what is right and good in the sight of Jehovah, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest enter in and possess the good land which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:8 - Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, each one whatever is right in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25 - thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 - Take heed to hear all these words which I command thee, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest what is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - when thou hearkenest to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, that thou mayest do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - And now behold, we are in thy hand: as it is good and right in thine eyes to do to us, do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - And the sun stood still, and the moon remained where it was, until the nation had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? And the sun remained standing in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a full day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:6 - In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:25 - In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you; and I will teach you the good and right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - And Achish called David, and said to him, As Jehovah liveth, thou art upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is acceptable to me; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to this day; but thou art not acceptable to the lords.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow. Behold, it is written in the book of Jasher: --

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest those that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that neither princes nor servants are anything to thee: for to-day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died to-day, then it would have been right in thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my sight, and my statutes and mine ordinances, as David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my sight, in keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and build thee a lasting house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:8 - and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which is right in my sight;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:5 - because David did that which was right in the sight of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Urijah the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:11 - And Asa did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, as David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah. Only, the high places were not removed: the people offered and burned incense still on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - look out the best and worthiest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:15 - And he departed thence, and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab said, It is. -- If it be, give me thy hand. -- And he gave him his hand; and Jehu took him up to him into the chariot,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - And Jehovah said to Jehu, Because thou hast executed well that which is right in my sight, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:2 - And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, all the days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:3 - And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:3 - And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:34 - And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:3 - And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:2 - And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:32 - And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:2 - And Joash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:2 - And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not with a perfect heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:4 - And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:2 - And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; only he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people still acted corruptly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah, like David his father,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:2 - And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - Only the priests were too few, and they could not flay all the burnt-offerings; therefore their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had hallowed themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to hallow themselves than the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20 - And thus did Hezekiah throughout Judah, and wrought what was good and right and true before Jehovah his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:7 - Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

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