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Lexicon :: Strong's H120 - 'āḏām

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אָדָם
Transliteration
'āḏām
Pronunciation
aw-dam'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 25a

Strong’s Definitions

אָדַם ʼâdam, aw-dam'; from H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):—× another, hypocrite, common sort, × low, man (mean, of low degree), person.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 552x

The KJV translates Strong's H120 in the following manner: man (408x), men (121x), Adam (13x), person(s) (8x), common sort (with H7230) (1x), hypocrite (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 552x
The KJV translates Strong's H120 in the following manner: man (408x), men (121x), Adam (13x), person(s) (8x), common sort (with H7230) (1x), hypocrite (1x).

  1. man, mankind

    1. man, human being

    2. man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)

    3. Adam, first man

    4. city in Jordan valley

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָדַם ʼâdam, aw-dam'; from H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):—× another, hypocrite, common sort, × low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
STRONGS H120: Abbreviations
אָדָם 560 noun masculine Genesis 1:27 man, mankind (Phoenician אדם, Sabean id., CISiv. 1, l. 4 and others; compare Assyrian admu, young (of bird) DlW, but NöZMG 1886, 722 identification with Arabic اٌَنَام collective creatures) — Singular absolute except construct Proverbs 6:12 compare Thes; (בְּנֵי (הָ)א׳ often = plural of א׳ Genesis 11:5 + 39 times, compare בְּנוֺת הָא׳ Genesis 6:2, 4) —
1. a man (= German Mensch) = human being Genesis 2:5, 7 (twice in verse); Genesis 2:8, 15, 16, 18 +, Genesis 16:12 (27 times J) Leviticus 5:4 || נֶמֶּשׁ Leviticus 13:2, 9 (19 times P) Nehemiah 2:10; Isaiah 13:12 (|| אֱנוֺשׁ); הַגָּדוֺל הָאָ׳ Joshua 14:15 (E); בְּלִיַּעַל אָ׳ Proverbs 6:12 (|| אִישׁ אָוֶן compare 1 Samuel 25:25 & see H1000 בליעל); = any one Leviticus 1:2; Numbers 9:6, 7; Job 20:29; Job 27:13; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 21:16, 20; Proverbs 24:30; Ecclesiastes 7:20 + often Wisdom Literature, Jeremiah 2:6; Jeremiah 4:25; Nehemiah 2:12, compare נֶמֶּשׁ א׳ Numbers 19:11, 13 +; seldom man opposed to woman Genesis 2:22 (twice in verse); Genesis 2:23, 25; Genesis 3:8, 12, 17, 20, 21; Ecclesiastes 7:28.
2. collective man, mankind Genesis 1:26; Genesis 9:5, 6 (3 times in verse) + (P + 28 times) Genesis 6:1, 5, 6, 7 (J E + 24 times) Deuteronomy 4:32 (D + 6 times) (on 2 Samuel 7:19 compare 1 Chronicles 17:17 see DrSm); distinctly = men + women Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:1; Numbers 5:6; given as name Genesis 5:2; but = warriors Isaiah 22:6 רֶכֶב א׳ || (פּרשׁים ); || beasts (41 times) בְּהֵמָה Genesis 6:7; Genesis 7:23 (J ?) Exodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14; Exodus 9:9, 10 (P) Exodus 9:19, 22, 25; Exodus 12:12; Exodus 13:2, 13, 15 (all J) +; late prophets Jeremiah 21:6; Jeremiah 31:27; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 51:62; Ezekiel 14:13, 17, 19, 21; Ezekiel 25:13; Ezekiel 29:8, 11; Ezekiel 32:13 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 36:11; Jonah 3:8; Zephaniah 1:3; Haggai 1:11; Zechariah 2:8; Zechariah 8:10; || בָּקָר Ezekiel 4:15; || צֹאן, חֲמֹרִים ב׳ Numbers 31:28; || id. + מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה Numbers 31:30 compare Jonah 3:7; || חַיָּה Genesis 9:5 (P) compare Ezekiel 1:5, 8, 10, 26, & description of כְּרוּבִים Ezekiel 10:8, 14, 21; compare Ezekiel 41:19; || trees Deuteronomy 20:19 (read הֶאָדָם see Di); opposed to God 1 Samuel 15:29; 1 Samuel 16:7 (twice in verse); Isaiah 31:3; Ezekiel 28:2, 9; 1 Chronicles 21:13; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 6:18; Malachi 3:8 compare Exodus 33:20; Deuteronomy 5:21; so בֶּן־א׳ Numbers 23:19 (|| אישׁ) Ezekiel 2:1, 3, 6, 8 (87 times Ezekiel, always addressed to prophet); בְּנֵי הָא׳ 1 Samuel 26:19; made in God's image Genesis 1:26, 27; Genesis 9:6 compare Ecclesiastes 7:29; as feeble, earthly, mortal Numbers 16:29 (twice in verse); Psalm 82:7; Psalm 144:3; Psalm 144:4; Job 5:7; Job 14:1, 10; compare Job 25:6 (בֶּן־א׳) Ecclesiastes 12:5; as sinful 1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chronicles 6:36; Jeremiah 10:14 compare Numbers 5:6; Job 31:33; Hosea 6:7; of men in general, other men (opposed to particular ones) Judges 16:17 (compare אַחַד הָא׳ Judges 16:7; Judges 16:11) Judges 18:7, 28; Psalm 73:5; Jeremiah 32:20 +; || אִישׁ Isaiah 2:9, 11, 17; Isaiah 5:15 compare Ezekiel 23:42 (strike out Co Vrss); בְּנֵי א׳ 2 Samuel 7:14 (|| אֲנָשִׁים) Proverbs 8:4 (|| אִישִׁים); Psalm 49:3; Psalm 62:10 (both || בְּנֵי אִישׁ) = men of low opposed to men of high degree — so often Phoenician and = vassal Sabean DHMZMG 1875, 680 compare 686; נֶפֶשׁ א׳ collective Numbers 31:35, 40, 46; 1 Chronicles 5:21; Ezekiel 27:13.
†3. proper name, masculine Adam, first man (without article, compare שָׂטָן 1 Chronicles 21:1 over ag. הַשּׂ׳ Job 1:6 etc.) Genesis 4:25 (J) [H121 Genesis 5:1, 3, 4, 5 (P) 1 Chronicles 1:1]. (Genesis 2:20; 1 Chronicles 3:17, 21 read לָא׳ see Di.)
†4. proper name, of a location city in Jordan valley (as built ?) [H121 Joshua 3:16].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:26; 1:26; 1:27; 1:27; 1:27; 2:5; 2:7; 2:8; 2:15; 2:16; 2:18; 2:20; 2:22; 2:23; 2:25; 3:8; 3:12; 3:17; 3:20; 3:21; 4:25; 5:1; 5:2; 6:1; 6:2; 6:4; 6:5; 6:6; 6:7; 6:7; 7:23; 9:5; 9:5; 9:6; 9:6; 11:5; 16:12

Exodus

8:13; 8:14; 9:9; 9:10; 9:19; 9:22; 9:25; 12:12; 13:2; 13:13; 13:15; 33:20

Leviticus

1:2; 5:4; 13:2; 13:9

Numbers

5:6; 5:6; 9:6; 9:7; 16:29; 19:11; 19:13; 23:19; 31:28; 31:30; 31:35; 31:40; 31:46

Deuteronomy

4:32; 5:21; 20:19

Joshua

14:15

Judges

16:7; 16:11; 16:17; 18:7; 18:28

1 Samuel

15:29; 16:7; 25:25; 26:19

2 Samuel

7:14; 7:19

1 Kings

8:46

1 Chronicles

3:17; 3:21; 5:21; 17:17; 21:1; 21:13; 29:1

2 Chronicles

6:18; 6:36

Nehemiah

2:10; 2:12

Job

1:6; 5:7; 14:1; 14:10; 20:29; 25:6; 27:13; 31:33

Psalms

49:3; 62:10; 73:5; 82:7; 144:3; 144:4

Proverbs

6:12; 6:12; 8:4; 15:20; 21:16; 21:20; 24:30

Ecclesiastes

7:20; 7:28; 7:29; 12:5

Isaiah

2:9; 2:11; 2:17; 5:15; 13:12; 22:6; 31:3

Jeremiah

2:6; 4:25; 10:14; 21:6; 31:27; 32:20; 50:3; 51:62

Ezekiel

1:5; 1:8; 1:10; 1:26; 2:1; 2:3; 2:6; 2:8; 4:15; 10:8; 10:14; 10:21; 14:13; 14:17; 14:19; 14:21; 23:42; 25:13; 27:13; 28:2; 28:9; 29:8; 29:11; 32:13; 36:11; 41:19

Hosea

6:7

Jonah

3:7; 3:8

Zephaniah

1:3

Haggai

1:11

Zechariah

2:8; 8:10

Malachi

3:8

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Strong's Number H120 matches the Hebrew אָדָם ('āḏām),
which occurs 552 times in 526 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 11 (Jdg 18:7–Job 33:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were in it living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no [fn]ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:28 - And there was no one to deliver them, because it was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone, H120 and it was in the valley which is near Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city and lived in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:29 - “Also the [fn]Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man H120 that He should change His mind.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7 - But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for [fn]God sees not as man H120 sees, for man H120 looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32 - David said to Saul, “Let no man’s H120 heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:9 - David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men, H120 saying, ‘Behold, David seeks [fn]to harm you’?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - “Should anyone H120 rise up to pursue you and to seek your [fn]life, then the [fn]life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; but the [fn]lives of your enemies He will sling out [fn]as from the hollow of a sling.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - “Now therefore, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him [fn]accept an offering; but if it is [fn]men, H120 cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, H120

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 - “And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And this is the [fn]custom of man, H120 O Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 - “The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me,
‘He who rules over men H120 righteously,
Who rules in the fear of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us now fall into the hand of the LORD for His mercies are great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.” H120

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:31 - For he was wiser than all men, H120 than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and [fn]Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his [fn]fame was known in all the surrounding nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38 - whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man H120 or by all Your people Israel, [fn]each knowing the [fn]affliction of his own heart, and spreading his [fn]hands toward this house;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39 - then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men, H120

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 - “When they sin against You (for there is no man H120 who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that [fn]they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - He cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human H120 bones shall be burned on you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and they told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, H120 only the horses tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:18 - and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s H120 hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14 - He broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human H120 bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20 - All the priests of the high places who were there he slaughtered on the altars and burned human H120 bones on them; then he returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - They took away their cattle: their 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys; and 100,000 [fn]men. H120

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:17 - “This was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the standard of a man H120 of high degree, O LORD God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; please let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great. But do not let me fall into the hand of man.” H120

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1 - Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the [fn]temple is not for man, H120 but for the LORD God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:18 - “But will God indeed dwell with mankind H120 on the earth? Behold, heaven and the [fn]highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:29 - whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man H120 or by all Your people Israel, [fn]each knowing his own affliction and his own pain, and spreading his hands toward this house,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:30 - then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men, H120

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 - “When they sin against You (for there is no man H120 who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that [fn]they take them away captive to a land far off or near,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:6 - He said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man H120 but for the LORD who is with you [fn]when you render judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:19 - They spoke [fn]of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men’s H120 hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite [fn]official heard about it, it was very displeasing to them that someone H120 had come to seek the welfare of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone H120 what my God was putting into my [fn]mind to do for Jerusalem and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your law.
Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances,
By which if a man H120 observes them he shall live.
And they [fn]turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - For man H120 is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - “Have I sinned? What have I done to You,
O watcher of men? H120
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:12 - “[fn]An idiot will become intelligent
When the [fn]foal of a wild donkey is born a man. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:1 - “Man, H120 who is born of woman,
Is [fn]short-lived and full of turmoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - “But man dies and lies prostrate.
Man H120 expires, and where is he?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:7 - “Were you the first man H120 to be born,
Or were you brought forth before the hills?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - “O that a man might plead with God
As a man H120 with his neighbor!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:4 - “Do you know this from of old,
From the establishment of man H120 on earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29 - “This is the wicked man’s H120 portion from God,
Even the heritage decreed to him by God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:4 - “As for me, is my complaint [fn]to man? H120
And why should [fn]I not be impatient?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:33 - “The clods of the valley will [fn]gently cover him;
Moreover, all men H120 will [fn]follow after him,
While countless ones go before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6 - How much less man, that maggot,
And the son of man, H120 that worm!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:13 - “This is the portion of a wicked man H120 from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - “And to man H120 He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:21 - “Let me now be partial to no one,
Nor flatter any man. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:17 - That He may turn man H120 aside from his conduct,
And [fn]keep man from pride;

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