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Lexicon :: Strong's H8193 - śāp̄â

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שָׂפָה
Transliteration
śāp̄â
Pronunciation
saw-faw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from סָפָה (H5595) or שָׁפָה (H8192) through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף (H5490))
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TWOT Reference: 2278a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂפָה sâphâh, saw-faw'; or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):—band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 176x

The KJV translates Strong's H8193 in the following manner: lip (112x), bank (10x), brim (8x), edge (8x), language (7x), speech (6x), shore (6x), brink (5x), border (3x), side (3x), prating (2x), vain (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 176x
The KJV translates Strong's H8193 in the following manner: lip (112x), bank (10x), brim (8x), edge (8x), language (7x), speech (6x), shore (6x), brink (5x), border (3x), side (3x), prating (2x), vain (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding

    1. lip (as body part)

    2. language

    3. edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂפָה sâphâh, saw-faw'; or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):—band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
STRONGS H8193: Abbreviations
שָׂפָה 176 noun feminine [masculine Exodus 28:32, edge, compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 76], lip, speech, edge; — absolute שׂ׳ Genesis 11:1 +, construct שְׂפַת Genesis 11:7 +; suffix שְׂפָתוֺ 1 Kings 7:23 +, etc.; oftener dual שְׂפָתַיִם Isaiah 6:5 +, construct שִׂפְתֵי Psalm 12:4 +; suffix שְׂפָתַי Jeremiah 17:16 +, suffix 3rd person masculine plural שְׂפָתֵימוֺ Psalm 59:13; Psalm 140:4; Psalm 140:10, etc.; plural (in poetry and late) construct שִׂפְתוֺת Ecclesiastes 10:12, suffix שִׂפְתוֺתֶיךָ etc. Psalm 45:3; Psalm 59:8; Isaiah 59:3; Songs 4:3, 11; Songs 5:13; —
1. lip:
a. usually (approximately + 108 times) human organ of speech (often || פֶּה, לָשׁוֺן rarely [only late poetry] חֵךְ : + 10 times Job; + 25 times Psalms; + 45 times Proverbs):
(1) Isaiah 29:13; Leviticus 5:4 (P), Job 13:6; Malachi 2:6; Psalm 12:5; Proverbs 5:3 +; דַּל שׂ׳ Psalm 141:3 (see דָּל); אִישׁ שׂ׳ Job 11:2 = a talker, אֱוִיל שׂ׳ Proverbs 10:8 — Proverbs 10:10 (MT; but see Toy); טְמֵא שְׂפָתַיִם Isaiah 6:5 (twice in verse) compare Isaiah 6:7; Daniel 10:16; עֲרַל שׂ׳ Exodus 6:12, 30 (P; unskilled in speech); עִקֵּשׁ שׂ׳ Exodus 19:1; שׂ׳ פֹּתֶה Exodus 20:19 see [פָּתָה]; מוֺצָא שׂ׳ i.e. utterance, Deuteronomy 23:24; Jeremiah 17:16; Numbers 30:13 (P), Psalm 89:35, רוּחַ שׂ׳ Isaiah 11:4 (of Messianic king), דְּבַר שׂ׳ Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 14:23 +, = mere, empty, word 2 Kings 18:20 = Isaiah 36:5; תְּבוּאַת שׂ׳ Proverbs 18:20, נוב שׂ׳ Isaiah 57:19 (thanksgiving), compare Hosea 14:3 (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version and most פְּדִי for פָּרִים); of flattery, חֵלֶק שׂ׳ Proverbs 7:21, שְׂפַת חֲלָקוֺת Psalm 12:3; Psalm 12:4; compare שִׂפְתֵי מִרְמָה Psalm 17:1, שֶׁקֶר שׂ׳ Psalm 31:9 + 4 times, שְׂפַת אָוֶן Proverbs 17:4; poison beneath (compare לָשׁוֺן) Psalm 140:4 (figurative); שׂ׳ פֶּשַׁע Proverbs 12:13; לְזוּת שׂ׳ Proverbs 4:24; אֱמֶת שׂ׳ Proverbs 12:19, יָ֑תֶר שׂ׳ Proverbs 17:7, צֶדֶק שׂ׳ Proverbs 16:13, דַּעַת שׂ׳ Proverbs 14:7; Proverbs 20:15; חֵן שׂ׳ Proverbs 22:11; שָׂפָה בְרוּרָה Zephaniah 3:9; רְנָנוֺת שׂ׳ Psalm 63:5 i.e. lips that shout for joy; with verbs: שׂ׳ פָּתַח (to speak) Job 11:5; Job 30:20 (Gi Job 30:21), compare Psalm 51:17, מִפְתַּח שׂ׳ Proverbs 8:6; שׂ׳ פָּשַׁק Proverbs 13:3 i.e. prate; מָֽלְאוּ זַעַם שׂ׳ Isaiah 30:27; שׂ׳ subject of דִּבֶּר Isaiah 59:3; Proverbs 24:2; נָשָׂא עַלשֿׂ׳ Psalm 16:14 ; קָרַץ שׂ׳ Proverbs 16:30 = backbite; אָטַם שׂ׳ Proverbs 17:28 —חָשַׂךְ שׂ׳ Proverbs 10:19, כָּלָא שׂ׳ Psalm 40:10.
† (2) lips moving in speech, with נוּעַ 1 Samuel 1:13, נִיד Job 16:5.
† (3) transition to meaning speech, עָלָה עַלשְֿׂפַת לָשׁוֺן Ezekiel 36:3; = ability to speak Job 12:20.
†b. organ of laughter Job 8:21.
†c. of insulting grimace הִפְטִיר בְּשׂ׳ Psalm 22:8.
†d. quivering in terror Habakkuk 3:16.
†e. feature of beauty Songs 4:3 (scarlet).
f. place of bridle 2 Kings 19:28 = Isaiah 37:29 (see מֶתֶג).
†g. receiving kiss Proverbs 24:26 compare Songs 4:11 and (in figurative) Songs 7:10.
†h. of divine speech, מִצְוַת שׂ׳ Job 23:12, דְּבַר שׂ׳ Psalm 17:4.
†2. language (see לָשׁוֺן), Genesis 11:1, 6, 7 (twice in verse); Genesis 11:9; Psalm 81:6; עַם עִמְקֵי שׂ׳ Ezekiel 3:5, 6; Isaiah 33:19, לַעֲגֵי שׂ׳ Isaiah 28:11; שְׂפַת כְּנַעַן Isaiah 19:18 (i.e. Hebrew).
†3. edge: shore of sea Genesis 22:17 (J) + 7 times; bank of river Genesis 41:3, 17 (E) + 5 times, of wady (נַחַל) Deuteronomy 2:36 + 7 times; lip (bank) of אָבֵל מְחוֺלָה Judges 7:22 compare GASmG 400; brim of vessel 1 Kings 7:23 (twice in verse) + 7 times; edge of altar Ezekiel 43:13; of curtains (in pairs) Exodus 26:4 (twice in verse) (P) + 6 times; of חשֶׁן, toward ephod Exodus 28:26 = Exodus 39:19 (P); of round opening in robe (יִהְיֶה) לְפִיו שׂ׳ Exodus 28:32 = Exodus 39:23 (P).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:1; 11:1; 11:6; 11:7; 11:7; 11:9; 22:17; 41:3; 41:17

Exodus

6:12; 6:30; 19:1; 20:19; 26:4; 28:26; 28:32; 28:32; 39:19; 39:23

Leviticus

5:4

Numbers

30:13

Deuteronomy

2:36; 23:24

Judges

7:22

1 Samuel

1:13

1 Kings

7:23; 7:23

2 Kings

18:20; 19:28

Job

8:21; 11:2; 11:5; 12:20; 13:6; 16:5; 23:12; 30:20; 30:21

Psalms

12:3; 12:4; 12:4; 12:5; 17:1; 17:4; 22:8; 31:9; 40:10; 45:3; 51:17; 59:8; 59:13; 59:13; 63:5; 81:6; 89:35; 140:4; 140:4; 140:10; 141:3

Proverbs

4:24; 5:3; 7:21; 8:6; 10:8; 10:10; 10:19; 12:13; 12:19; 13:3; 14:7; 14:23; 16:13; 16:30; 17:4; 17:7; 17:28; 18:20; 20:15; 22:11; 24:2; 24:26

Ecclesiastes

10:12

Song of Songs

4:3; 4:3; 4:11; 4:11; 5:13; 7:10

Isaiah

6:5; 6:5; 6:7; 11:4; 19:18; 28:11; 29:13; 30:27; 33:19; 36:5; 37:29; 57:19; 59:3; 59:3

Jeremiah

17:16; 17:16

Ezekiel

3:5; 3:6; 36:3; 43:13

Daniel

10:16

Hosea

14:3

Habakkuk

3:16

Zephaniah

3:9

Malachi

2:6

H8193

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Strong's Number H8193 matches the Hebrew שָׂפָה (śāp̄â),
which occurs 177 times in 164 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 11:1–Job 11:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:1 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - And Moses spake before Jehovah, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:30 - Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:4 - And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:10 - And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26 - And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32 - And it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it be not rent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:11 - And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:17 - And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:23 - And the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:6 - And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:8 - But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul: and Jehovah will forgive her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:12 - But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and Jehovah will forgive her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48 - from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermon),

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:9 - from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:16 - And their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man’s sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 - And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:29 - And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23 - And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:26 - And it was a handbreadth thick: and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:13 - He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:20 - Thou sayest (but they are but vain words), There is counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:2 - Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:17 - Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:21 -
He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter,
And thy lips with shouting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:2 -
Should not the multitude of words be answered?
And should a man full of talk be justified?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:5 -
But oh that God would speak,
And open his lips against thee,

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