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Lexicon :: Strong's H3915 - layil

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לַיִל
Transliteration
layil
Pronunciation
lah'-yil
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as לוּל (H3883)
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TWOT Reference: 1111

Strong’s Definitions

לַיִל layil, lah'-yil; or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל lêyl; also לַיְלָה laylâh; from the same as H3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity:—(mid-)night (season).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 233x

The KJV translates Strong's H3915 in the following manner: night (205x), nights (15x), midnight (with H2677) (4x), season (3x), midnight (with H2676) (2x), night (with H1121) (2x), midnight (1x), midnight (with H8432) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 233x
The KJV translates Strong's H3915 in the following manner: night (205x), nights (15x), midnight (with H2677) (4x), season (3x), midnight (with H2676) (2x), night (with H1121) (2x), midnight (1x), midnight (with H8432) (1x).

  1. night

    1. night (as opposed to day)

    2. of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לַיִל layil, lah'-yil; or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל lêyl; also לַיְלָה laylâh; from the same as H3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity:—(mid-)night (season).
STRONGS H3915: Abbreviations
לַ֫יְלָה, לַ֫יִל 242 noun masculineGenesis 40:5 night (Late Hebrew id.; MI15 (ב)ללה; Aramaic [H3916 לֵילָא], bdb053806, bdb053807; Arabic bdb053808, bdb053809; Ethiopic bdb053810all = night; Assyrian lîlâtu, evening DlHWB; meaning of √ dubious; form probably לילי, and ending הָ֯ radical, and not ה locative, NöM 127 DlProl. 128 Ges§ 90, 2. with R. Köii. p. 57, R. 1); — absolute לַ֫יְלָה Genesis 19:33 + 214 times + 2 times Qr. (see below); לָ֑יְלָה Genesis 1:5 + 3 times; לַ֫יִל Isaiah 16:3 + Proverbs 31:18; Lamentations 2:19 Kt (Qr לַיְלָה); לֵיל Isaiah 15:1 (twice in verse); Isaiah 21:1; construct לֵיל Exodus 12:42; Isaiah 30:29; plural absolute לֵילוֺת 1 Samuel 30:12 + 4 times; construct id., Isaiah 21:8 + 5 times; —
1. literally night, opposed to day, Genesis 8:22 (J), Deuteronomy 1:33 + very often (see יוֺם); alternation of day and night divinely ordained Genesis 1:5 (P), Jeremiah 33:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 33:25 +; מִיּוֺם עַדלֿ׳ Isaiah 38:12, 18 i.e. within one whole day; as close of day, עַדלֿ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:14; as time of sacred (לֵיל) חָג Isaiah 30:29; of suffering and weeping לֵילוֺת עָמָל Job 7:3, compare Psalm 6:7; Psalm 77:3 etc.; of pious desires, prayer, praise, meditation, etc (sometimes || by day) Isaiah 26:9; Job 35:10; Psalm 1:2; Psalm 22:3; Psalm 42:9; Psalm 77:7; Psalm 88:2; Psalm 92:3; Psalm 119:5 (twice in verse), compare Psalm 16:7; Psalm 17:8; of night-service in Temple Psalm 134:1; of sudden assault, or destruction, Isaiah 15:1; Jeremiah 6:5; Obadiah 5; Job 27:20; Job 34:20, 25; Job 36:20; divided into watches Psalm 90:4; לֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים Exodus 12:42 see below שׁמר; with number, denoting duration of time, †forty days and forty nights Genesis 7:4, 12; Exodus 24:18; Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 18, 25; Deuteronomy 10:10; 1 Kings 19:8; three days and three nights (שְׁלשָׁה לֵילוֺת) 1 Samuel 30:12; Jonah 2:1; seven days and seven nights (שִׁבְעַת לֵילוֺת) Job 2:13†; חֲלוֺם הַלּ׳ † Genesis 20:3; Genesis 31:24 (both E), 1 Kings 3:5; מַרְאֹת הַלּ׳ Genesis 46:2 (E); חֶזְיוֺן ל׳ Job 20:8; Job 33:15, חֶזְיֹנוֺת ל׳ Job 4:13, חֲלוֺם חֲזוֺן ל׳ Isaiah 29:7 (compare Micah 3:6 below) †; בִּןלֿ׳ Jonah 4:10 (twice in verse) see בֵּן 8. Chiefly in adverbial phrase: — בַּחֲצִי הַלּ׳ at midnight Exodus 12:29 + (see חֲצִי, חָצוֺת), compare בְּתוֺךְ הַלּ׳ 1 Kings 3:20, בְּאִישׁוֺן ל׳ Proverbs 7:9; הַזֶּה בַּלּ׳ Exodus 12:8, 12 on this night (P; the night of which one is speaking); הַהוּא בַּלּ׳ on that night Genesis 19:35 (J) + often, (P only Numbers 14:1); הוּא בַּל׳ Genesis 19:33; Genesis 30:16; so הַלּ׳ alone 1 Samuel 14:34, but strike out Greek Version of the LXX We Kit, compare Dr; Klo Bu read ליהוה; הַלּ׳ to-night Genesis 19:5, 34; Genesis 30:15 (all J), Numbers 22:8, 19 (E), Joshua 2:2; Joshua 4:3 (both J E), 2 Samuel 17:1, 16; 2 Samuel 19:8; Ruth 1:12; Ruth 3:2, 13, opposed to מָחָר tomorrow 1 Samuel 19:11; הַלּ׳ = this night just past, last night 1 Samuel 15:16 (compare Dr); כָּלהַֿלּ׳ all night Hosea 7:6 (opposed to בֹּקֶר), Exodus 14:20, 21 (J), Numbers 11:32; Joshua 10:9 (both J E), Judges 16:2 (twice in verse); Judges 19:25; 1 Samuel 15:11; 1 Samuel 31:12; 2 Samuel 2:29, 32; 2 Samuel 4:7; opposed to כלהֿיום ההוא (of continuous action) 1 Samuel 19:24; 1 Samuel 28:20; Isaiah 62:6, opposed to יומם Psalm 78:14; בְּכָללֿ׳ Psalm 6:7 every night (probably); compare כָּלהַֿלֵּילוֺת Isaiah 21:8 all the nights (opposed to יוֺמָם); especially לַיְלָה by night Numbers 22:20 (E) Joshua 8:3 (JE), Deuteronomy 16:1; Numbers 9:16 (P) + 51 times; of these Genesis 14:15 and Exodus 13:21, 22 (J) + 25 times opposed to יוֺמָם, covering all the time; otherwise Judges 6:27 (opposed to יוֺמָם); לַיְלָה וָיוֺם night and day 1 Kings 8:29; Isaiah 27:3; Esther 4:16; less often לֵילוֺת Psalm 16:17; הַלּ׳ by night 2 Kings 25:4 (ל׳ in || Jeremiah 52:7), Zechariah 1:8; Nehemiah 4:16 (opposed to הַיּוֺם); בַּלּ׳ id., Jeremiah 6:5 + 18 times (chiefly late; often opposed to בַּיּוֺם, יוֺמָם, etc.); בַּלֵּילוֺת Psalm 92:3 (opposed to בַּבֹּקֶר, Psalm 134:1; Songs 3:1, 8; בְּלַיְלָה Nehemiah 9:19 (opposed to בְּיוֺמָם); בְּלֵיל Isaiah 15:1 (twice in verse) כַּל׳ as at night Job 5:14 (opposed to צָהֳרָ֑יִם).
2. figurative שִׁיתִי כַּלַיִל צִלֵּךְ Isaiah 16:8 simile of shadow of Zion as protection; more often in gloomy sense, of avenging calamity without divine guidance or comfort לַיְלָה מֵחָזוֺן Micah 3:6; personal distress Job 35:10; judgment perhaps also Job 36:20 (Ew De Di Da; night of death Bu; 'unintelligible' Siegf); מַהמִּֿלַּיְלָה מַהמִּֿלֵּיל Isaiah 21:11 i.e. what hour of the night of calamity is it? compare Isaiah 21:12 (opposed to בֹּקֶר).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:5; 1:5; 7:4; 7:12; 8:22; 14:15; 19:5; 19:33; 19:33; 19:34; 19:35; 20:3; 30:15; 30:16; 31:24; 40:5; 46:2

Exodus

12:8; 12:12; 12:29; 12:42; 12:42; 13:21; 13:22; 14:20; 14:21; 24:18; 34:28

Numbers

9:16; 11:32; 14:1; 22:8; 22:19; 22:20

Deuteronomy

1:33; 9:9; 9:11; 9:18; 9:25; 10:10; 16:1

Joshua

2:2; 4:3; 8:3; 10:9

Judges

6:27; 16:2; 19:25

Ruth

1:12; 3:2; 3:13

1 Samuel

14:34; 15:11; 15:16; 19:11; 19:24; 28:20; 30:12; 30:12; 31:12

2 Samuel

2:29; 2:32; 4:7; 17:1; 17:16; 19:8

1 Kings

3:5; 3:20; 8:29; 19:8

2 Kings

25:4

2 Chronicles

35:14

Nehemiah

4:16; 9:19

Esther

4:16

Job

2:13; 4:13; 5:14; 7:3; 20:8; 27:20; 33:15; 34:20; 34:25; 35:10; 35:10; 36:20; 36:20

Psalms

1:2; 6:7; 6:7; 16:7; 17:8; 22:3; 42:9; 77:3; 77:7; 78:14; 88:2; 90:4; 92:3; 92:3; 119:5; 134:1; 134:1

Proverbs

7:9; 31:18

Song of Songs

3:1; 3:8

Isaiah

15:1; 15:1; 15:1; 16:3; 16:8; 21:1; 21:8; 21:8; 21:11; 21:12; 26:9; 27:3; 29:7; 30:29; 30:29; 38:12; 38:18; 62:6

Jeremiah

6:5; 6:5; 33:20; 33:25; 52:7

Lamentations

2:19

Hosea

7:6

Obadiah

1:5

Jonah

2:1; 4:10

Micah

3:6; 3:6

Zechariah

1:8

H3915

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Strong's Number H3915 matches the Hebrew לַיִל (layil),
which occurs 235 times in 223 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (2Sa 17:16–Psa 1:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night H3915 in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:7 - Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: H3915 and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:5 - In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: H3915 and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:19 - And this woman's child died in the night; H3915 because she overlaid it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - And she arose at midnight, H3915 and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:29 - That thine eyes may be open toward this house night H3915 and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:59

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59 - And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, H3915 that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:8 - And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights H3915 unto Horeb the mount of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, H3915 and compassed the city about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - And the king arose in the night, H3915 and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:21 - So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, H3915 and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - And it came to pass that night, H3915 that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night H3915 by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:3 - And it came to pass the same night, H3915 that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:7 - In that night H3915 did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:20 - That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, H3915 upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:12 - And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, H3915 and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:9 - Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, H3915 and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:14 - And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; H3915 therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:6 - Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, H3915 for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - And I arose in the night, H3915 I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - And I went out by night H3915 by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:15 - Then went I up in the night H3915 by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:9 - Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, H3915 because of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night H3915 they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night H3915 will they come to slay thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:12 - Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night H3915 by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19 - Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, H3915 to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night H3915 or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:1 - On that night H3915 could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:13 - So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, H3915 and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:3 - Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night H3915 in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - As for that night, H3915 let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:7 - Lo, let that night H3915 be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:13 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, H3915 when deep sleep falleth on men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights H3915 are appointed to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:12 - They change the night H3915 into day: the light is short because of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:8 - He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night H3915 is as a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 - Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:17 - My bones are pierced in me in the night season: H3915 and my sinews take no rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:15 - In a dream, in a vision of the night, H3915 when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, H3915 and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 - Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, H3915 so that they are destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:10 - But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:20 - Desire not the night, H3915 when people are cut off in their place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 - But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. H3915

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