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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 233 times in 223 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 5 (Psa 6:6–Isa 62:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am weary with my groaning; all the night H3915 make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:7 - I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; H3915 thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:2 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night H3915 unto night H3915 sheweth knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:2 - O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, H3915 and am not silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 - For day and night H3915 thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3 - My tears have been my meat day and night, H3915 while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:8 - Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night H3915 his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night H3915 they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16 - The day is thine, the night H3915 also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, H3915 and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:6 - I call to remembrance my song in the night: H3915 I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:14 - In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night H3915 with a light of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 - [[A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.]] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night H3915 before thee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:4 - For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:5 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; H3915 nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:2 - To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: H3915 wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:39 - He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55 - I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, H3915 and have kept thy law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:62

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:62 - At midnight H3915 I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6 - The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:1 - [[A Song of degrees.]] Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night H3915 stand in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 - The moon and stars to rule by night: H3915 for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night H3915 shall be light about me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12 - Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night H3915 shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 - In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:15 - She riseth also while it is yet night, H3915 and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:18 - She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. H3915 This is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:16 - When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night H3915 seeth sleep with his eyes:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - By night H3915 on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: H3915 for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:1 - The burden of Moab. Because in the night H3915 Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night H3915 Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night H3915 in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 - And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? H3915 Watchman, what of the night? H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:12 - The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: H3915 if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:9 - With my soul have I desired thee in the night; H3915 yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:3 - I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night H3915 and day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:19 - From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: H3915 and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7 - And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night H3915 vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night H3915 when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - It shall not be quenched night H3915 nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:12 - Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night H3915 wilt thou make an end of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 - I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night H3915 wilt thou make an end of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; H3915 that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6 - I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: H3915 ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

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