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Lexicon :: Strong's H995 - bîn

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בִּין
Transliteration
bîn
Pronunciation
bene
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 239

Strong’s Definitions

בִּין bîyn, bene; a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand:—attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 170x

The KJV translates Strong's H995 in the following manner: understand (62x), understanding (32x), consider (22x), prudent (8x), perceive (7x), regard (6x), discern (3x), instruct (3x), miscellaneous (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 170x
The KJV translates Strong's H995 in the following manner: understand (62x), understanding (32x), consider (22x), prudent (8x), perceive (7x), regard (6x), discern (3x), instruct (3x), miscellaneous (27x).

  1. to discern, understand, consider

    1. (Qal)

      1. to perceive, discern

      2. to understand, know (with the mind)

      3. to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider

      4. to have discernment, insight, understanding

    2. (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to understand

      2. to cause to understand, give understanding, teach

    4. (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently

    5. (Polel) to teach, instruct

  2. (TWOT) prudent, regard

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּין bîyn, bene; a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand:—attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
STRONGS H995: Abbreviations
† בִּין verb discern (NöZMG 1883, 592 f.; Arabic bdb010607 become separated, be distinct, IV. speak perspicuously; Ethiopic bdb010608 1. 2 consider, perceive, Aramaic bdb010609 make to understand, compare Sabean בין (the) wise, as epithet, MordtZMG 1876, 37) —
Qal Perfect בִּין Daniel 10:1; בַּנְתָּה Psalm 139:2; בִּינֹתִי Daniel 9:2; Imperfect יָבִין Psalm 19:13 + 25 times וְיָבֵן Jeremiah 9:11 + 2 times, וַיָּבֶן 1 Samuel 3:8 + 2 times; אָבִינָה Psalm 73:17 + 4 times; יָבִינוּ Proverbs 28:5 + 12 times; Imperative בִּין Daniel 9:23; בִּינָה Psalm 5:2; בִּינוּ Deuteronomy 32:7 + 2 times; Infinitive absolute בִּין Proverbs 23:1; Participle בָּנִים Jeremiah 49:7; —
1. perceive (with the senses); —
a. eyes, accusative Proverbs 7:7, with לְ Job 9:11; Job 14:21; Job 23:8; Proverbs 14:15.
b. ears, accusative Proverbs 29:19, with לְ Job 13:1.
c. touch, accusative Psalm 58:10.
d. taste, acc. Job 6:30.
2. understand, know (with mind): —
a. absolute Job 18:2; Job 38:20; Job 42:3; Psalm 49:21; Psalm 82:5; Proverbs 24:12; Isaiah 6:9, 10; Isaiah 44:18; Daniel 12:10; Hosea 4:14; Hosea 14:10; שׁמעתי ולא אבין I heard but I could not understand Daniel 12:8.
b. accusative Job 15:9; Job 23:5; Job 36:29; Proverbs 2:5, 9; Proverbs 20:24; Proverbs 28:5; Psalm 19:13; Psalm 92:7; Jeremiah 9:11; יבין משׁפט Job 32:9; Proverbs 28:5; יבין דעת Proverbs 29:7.
c. with כִּי 1 Samuel 3:8; 2 Samuel 12:19; Isaiah 43:10.
d. with infinitive & לְ, יבין לָדָֽעַת Isaiah 32:4
3. observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider (with attention): —
a. accusative Deuteronomy 32:7; Psalm 5:2; Psalm 50:22; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 94:8; Proverbs 23:1; Proverbs 21:29 (Qr) Daniel 9:2; Daniel 10:1.
b. with לְ, Psalm 73:17; Psalm 139:2; Deuteronomy 32:29.
c. with בְּ, Ezra 8:15; Nehemiah 13:7; Daniel 9:23.
d. with אל, Psalm 28:5.
e. with עַל, Daniel 11:30, 37.
4. have discernment, insight, understanding Jeremiah 49:7.
Niph. נְבֻנוֺתִי Isaiah 10:12; Participle נָבוֺן Genesis 41:33 + 15 times; plural נְבוֺנִים Jeremiah 4:22, elsewhere נְבֹנִים Deuteronomy 1:13; Isaiah 5:22 (Baer) Ecclesiastes 9:11; נְבֹנָיו Isaiah 29:14; be intelligent, discreet, discerning, have understanding 1 Samuel 16:18; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 14:6; Proverbs 16:21; Proverbs 17:28; Proverbs 19:25; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 3:3; Isaiah 5:21; Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 4:22; Hosea 14:10; לֵב נָבוֺן intelligent mind Proverbs 14:33; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 18:15; נָבוֺן וְחָכָם Genesis 41:33, 39; חכם ונבון Deuteronomy 4:6; 1 Kings 3:12; חכמים ונבנים Deuteronomy 1:13.
Po. יְבוֺנְַנֵהוּ he attentively considereth him Deuteronomy 32:10.
Hiph. Perfect הֵבִין Job 28:33 + 5 times; Imperfect יָבִין Isaiah 28:9 + 4 times; וַיָּבֶן 2 Chronicles 11:23; Daniel 9:22; Infinitive הָבִין Psalm 32:9 + 9 times; Imperative הָבֵן Daniel 8:16 + 12 times; Participle מֵבִין Proverbs 28:7 + 26 times; —
1. understand: —
a. absolute Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 40:21; Isaiah 56:11; 1 Kings 3:11; Psalm 32:9; Daniel 8:17; Daniel 10:12.
b. accusative 1 Chronicles 28:9; Job 28:23; Proverbs 1:2, 6; Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 14:8; Isaiah 28:19; Daniel 8:23; Micah 4:12; מֵבִין one with understanding Proverbs 8:9; Proverbs 17:10, 24; Proverbs 28:2, 7, 11; מְבִינֵי מַדָּע Daniel 1:4; able to understand (i.e. old enough) Nehemiah 8:3; Nehemiah 10:29, compare Nehemiah 8:2 (followed by לִשׁמֹעַ).
2. give heed to, attend to, observe, discern, absolute Isaiah 57:1; 2 Chronicles 11:23; Daniel 8:5; with בְּ Nehemiah 8:12; Daniel 9:23; Daniel 10:11; מֵבִין בְּ skilled in 2 Chronicles 26:5; 34:12; with אֶל Psalm 33:15; בין טוב לרע 1 Kings 3:9.
3. give understanding make understand, teach: —
a. absolute Daniel 8:27; Daniel 9:22.
b. with accusative of person Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:73; Psalm 119:125; Psalm 119:130; Psalm 119:144; Psalm 119:169; Job 32:8; Nehemiah 8:7, 9; Isaiah 40:14.
c. with לְ person H4000 2 Chronicles 35:3; Daniel 11:33; with לְ person & accusative of thing Job 6:24; Daniel 8:16.
d. בְּ of thing Nehemiah 8:8, + accusative of person Daniel 1:17.
e. double accusative Isaiah 28:9; Psalm 119:27; Daniel 10:14; מֵבִין teacher 1 Chronicles 15:22; 1 Chronicles 25:7, 8; 1 Chronicles 27:32; Ezra 8:16.
Hithp. Perfect הִתְבּוֺנָ֑ן Isaiah 1:3 + 6 times; Imperfect אֶתְבּוֺנֵן Job 23:15 + 3 times; אֶתְבּוֺנָ֑ן Job 32:12 + 5 times; יִתְבּוֺנְנוּ Psalm 107:43 + 2 times; יִתְבּוֺנָ֑נוּ Isaiah 14:16; Isaiah 43:18.
1. shew oneself attentive, consider diligently: —
a. absolute Job 11:11; Job 23:15; Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 2:10; Jeremiah 9:16.
b. accusative Job 37:14; Psalm 107:43; Psalm 119:95; Isaiah 43:18; Isaiah 52:15.
c. with אֶל 1 Kings 3:21; Isaiah 14:16.
d. with עַל Job 31:1; Psalm 37:10
e. with עד Job 32:12; Job 38:18.
f. with בְּ Job 30:20; Jeremiah 23:20 (= Jeremiah 30:24).
2. get understanding, understand Job 26:14; Psalm 119:104.
3..shew oneself to have understanding Psalm 119:100
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:33; 41:33; 41:39

Deuteronomy

1:13; 1:13; 4:6; 32:7; 32:7; 32:10; 32:29

1 Samuel

3:8; 3:8; 16:18

2 Samuel

12:19

1 Kings

3:9; 3:11; 3:12; 3:21

1 Chronicles

15:22; 25:7; 25:8; 27:32; 28:9

2 Chronicles

11:23; 11:23; 26:5; 34:12; 35:3

Ezra

8:15; 8:16

Nehemiah

8:2; 8:3; 8:7; 8:8; 8:9; 8:12; 10:29; 13:7

Job

6:24; 6:30; 9:11; 11:11; 13:1; 14:21; 15:9; 18:2; 23:5; 23:8; 23:15; 23:15; 26:14; 28:23; 30:20; 31:1; 32:8; 32:9; 32:12; 32:12; 36:29; 37:14; 38:18; 38:20; 42:3

Psalms

5:2; 5:2; 19:13; 19:13; 28:5; 32:9; 32:9; 33:15; 37:10; 50:22; 58:10; 73:17; 73:17; 82:5; 92:7; 94:7; 94:8; 107:43; 107:43; 119:27; 119:34; 119:73; 119:95; 119:100; 119:104; 119:125; 119:130; 119:144; 119:169; 139:2; 139:2

Proverbs

1:2; 1:5; 1:6; 2:5; 2:9; 7:7; 8:5; 8:9; 10:13; 14:6; 14:8; 14:15; 14:33; 15:14; 16:21; 17:10; 17:24; 17:28; 18:15; 19:25; 20:24; 21:29; 23:1; 23:1; 24:12; 28:2; 28:5; 28:5; 28:5; 28:7; 28:7; 28:11; 29:7; 29:19

Ecclesiastes

9:11; 9:11

Isaiah

1:3; 1:3; 3:3; 5:21; 5:22; 6:9; 6:10; 10:12; 10:13; 14:16; 14:16; 28:9; 28:9; 28:19; 29:14; 29:14; 29:16; 32:4; 40:14; 40:21; 43:10; 43:18; 43:18; 44:18; 52:15; 56:11; 57:1

Jeremiah

2:10; 4:22; 4:22; 9:11; 9:11; 9:16; 23:20; 30:24; 49:7; 49:7

Daniel

1:4; 1:17; 8:5; 8:16; 8:16; 8:17; 8:23; 8:27; 9:2; 9:2; 9:22; 9:22; 9:23; 9:23; 9:23; 10:1; 10:1; 10:11; 10:12; 10:14; 11:30; 11:33; 11:37; 12:8; 12:10

Hosea

4:14

Micah

4:12

H995

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Strong's Number H995 matches the Hebrew בִּין (bîn),
which occurs 171 times in 162 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 41:33–Job 32:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which will hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7 - Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:29 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skillful in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:19 - But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said to his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:11 - And God said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thy enemies: but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:12 - Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - And when I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I bore.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were skillful, was two hundred and eighty eight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 - Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou shalt seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shalt forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23 - And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them provisions in abundance. And he desired many wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5 - And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and, as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to superintend it; and others of the Levites, all that had skill in instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - And said to the Levites that taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - And I assembled them at the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we abode in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:16 - Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2 - And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - And he read therein before the street that was before the water-gate from the morning until mid-day, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:7 - Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:8 - So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - And Nehemiah, who is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:24 - Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand in what I have erred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1 - Lo, my eye hath seen all this, my ear hath heard and understood it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:9 - What knowest thou that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:2 - How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:5 - I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:15 - Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:14 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:23 - God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth its place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20 - I cry to thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:1 - I Made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:8 - But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:9 - Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

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