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Lexicon :: Strong's H3477 - yāšār

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יָשָׁר
Transliteration
yāšār
Pronunciation
yaw-shawr'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 930a

Strong’s Definitions

יָשָׁר yâshâr, yaw-shawr'; from H3474; straight (literally or figuratively):—convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x

The KJV translates Strong's H3477 in the following manner: right (53x), upright (42x), righteous (9x), straight (3x), convenient (2x), Jasher (2x), equity (1x), just (1x), meet (1x), meetest (1x), upright ones (1x), uprightly (1x), uprightness (1x), well (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x
The KJV translates Strong's H3477 in the following manner: right (53x), upright (42x), righteous (9x), straight (3x), convenient (2x), Jasher (2x), equity (1x), just (1x), meet (1x), meetest (1x), upright ones (1x), uprightly (1x), uprightness (1x), well (1x).

  1. straight, upright, correct, right

    1. straight, level

    2. right, pleasing, correct

    3. straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper

    4. uprightness, righteous, upright

    5. that which is upright (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָשָׁר yâshâr, yaw-shawr'; from H3474; straight (literally or figuratively):—convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
STRONGS H3477: Abbreviations
† יָשָׁר adjective straight, right; — י׳ 1 Samuel 29:6 + 70 times; construct יְשַׁר Proverbs 29:27; feminine יְשָׁרָה Ezekiel 1:7 + 4 times; plural יְשָׁרִים Numbers 23:10 + 31 times; construct יִשְׁרֵי Psalm 7:11 + 8 times; feminine יְשָׁרוֺת Ezekiel 1:23 (strike out Co); —
1. straight, level, of a way Isaiah 26:7; Jeremiah 31:9; Psalm 107:7; Ezra 8:21; foot Ezekiel 1:7; wings Ezekiel 1:23 (? see above)
2. right, pleasing:
a. to God, הַיָּשָׁר בעיני that which is right, pleasing in the eyes of, agreeable to (either construct before י׳, or with suffixes referring to him), especially in Deuteronomic writers, Exodus 15:26 (R), Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 13:19; Deuteronomy 21:9; 1 Kings 11:33, 38; 1 Kings 14:8; 1 Kings 15:5, 11; 1 Kings 22:43 2 Chronicles 20:32, 2 Kings 10:30; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 15:3, 34; 2 Kings 16:2; 2 Kings 18:3; 2 Kings 22:3 2 Chronicles 24:2; 25:2; 26:4; 27:2; 28:1; 29:2; 34:2; Jeremiah 34:15; הישׁר והטוב בעיני י׳ Deuteronomy 6:18; הטוב והישׁר בעיני י׳ Deuteronomy 12:28; 2 Chronicles 14:1; הטוב והישׁר והאמת לפני י׳ 2 Chronicles 31:20.
b. to man, (ה)ישׁר בעיני Deuteronomy 12:8; Judges 17:6; Judges 21:25; 2 Samuel 19:7; Jeremiah 40:5; Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 21:2; (ה)טוב ו(ה)ישׁר בעיני Joshua 9:25 (D), Jeremiah 26:14; Jeremiah 40:4; יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵיאִֿישׁ Proverbs 14:12 there is a way which is pleasing before a man = Proverbs 16:25.
3. straightforward, just upright:
a. of God, צַדִּיק וְיָשָׁר הוא Deuteronomy 32:4 (song); טוב וישׁר י׳ Psalm 25:8; ישׁר י׳ Psalm 92:16; his ways Hosea 14:10; his משׁפטים Nehemiah 9:13; Psalm 119:137; פִּקּוּדִים Psalm 19:9; דָּבָר Psalm 33:4; the words of divine wisdom Proverbs 8:9.
b. of man, God made him upright Ecclesiastes 7:29; but יָשָׁר בָּאָדָם אָ֑יִן Micah 7:2 an upright man among men there is none and yet Job is תָּם וְיָשָׁר Job 1:1 (see Da), Job 1:8; Job 2:3, compare Psalm 37:37; זַךְ וישׁר Job 8:6; so earlier of David as an uprightman 1 Samuel 29:6; of man's doings || זַךְ Proverbs 20:11, compare Proverbs 21:8; of his way of life || טובה 1 Samuel 12:23; יְשַׁרדֶּֿרֶךְ Proverbs 29:27; יִשְׁרֵיּדֶֿרֶךְ Psalm 37:14; of his heart, mind, and will, יִשְׁרֵי לֵבָב upright of heart 2 Chronicles 29:34; יִשְׁרֵילֵֿב Psalm 7:11; Psalm 11:2; Psalm 32:11; Psalm 36:11; Psalm 64:11; Psalm 94:15; Psalm 97:11; יְשָׁרִים בְּלִבּוֺתָם Psalm 125:4.
c. as a noun,
(1) with reference to things, יָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי the right I have perverted Job 33:27; הַיְשָׁרָה יְעַקֵּ֑שׁוּ Micah 3:9 pervert the right (literally twist that which is straight); דֹּבֵר יְשָׁרִים speaketh right things Proverbs 16:13, compare 2 Kings 10:15.
(2) more commonly of men, in singular (ה)יָשָׁר Micah 2:7; Micah 7:4; 2 Kings 10:3; Proverbs 21:29; Job 23:7; collective, Psalm 11:7; also in סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר book of the upright Joshua 10:13; 2 Samuel 1:18 (compare 1 Kings 8:53 Greek Version of the LXX; DrIntr. 182), a collection of ancient national poetry; in plural יְשָׁרִים the upright, of pious Israel Numbers 23:10 (song E); elsewhere of the upright among the people of God as distinguished from the wicked, in Wisdom Literature. Job 4:7; Job 17:8; Proverbs 2:7, 21; Proverbs 3:32; Proverbs 11:3, 6, 11; Proverbs 12:6; Proverbs 14:9, 11; Proverbs 15:8, 19; Proverbs 16:17; Proverbs 21:18; Proverbs 28:10; Proverbs 29:10, in late Psalm 33:1; Psalm 49:15; Psalm 107:42; Psalm 111:1; Psalm 112:2; Psalm 112:4; Psalm 140:14 and Daniel 11:17.
4. abstract, uprightness, בֶּאֱמֶת וְיָשָׁר Psalm 111:8 (Thes), but read rather ישֶׁר with Hi Ri Bae, after Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum Jerome.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:26

Numbers

23:10; 23:10

Deuteronomy

6:18; 12:8; 12:25; 12:28; 21:9; 32:4

Joshua

9:25; 10:13

Judges

17:6; 21:25

1 Samuel

12:23; 29:6; 29:6

2 Samuel

1:18; 19:7

1 Kings

8:53; 11:33; 11:38; 14:8; 15:5; 15:11; 22:43

2 Kings

10:3; 10:15; 10:30; 12:3; 14:3; 15:3; 15:34; 16:2; 18:3; 22:3

2 Chronicles

14:1; 20:32; 24:2; 25:2; 26:4; 27:2; 28:1; 29:2; 29:34; 31:20; 34:2

Ezra

8:21

Nehemiah

9:13

Job

1:1; 1:8; 2:3; 4:7; 8:6; 17:8; 23:7; 33:27

Psalms

7:11; 7:11; 11:2; 11:7; 19:9; 25:8; 32:11; 33:1; 33:4; 36:11; 37:14; 37:37; 49:15; 94:15; 97:11; 107:7; 107:42; 111:1; 111:8; 112:2; 112:4; 119:137; 125:4

Proverbs

2:7; 2:21; 3:32; 8:9; 11:3; 11:6; 11:11; 12:6; 12:15; 14:9; 14:11; 14:12; 15:8; 15:19; 16:13; 16:17; 16:25; 20:11; 21:2; 21:8; 21:18; 21:29; 28:10; 29:10; 29:27; 29:27

Ecclesiastes

7:29

Isaiah

26:7

Jeremiah

26:14; 31:9; 34:15; 40:4; 40:5

Ezekiel

1:7; 1:7; 1:23; 1:23

Daniel

11:17

Micah

2:7; 3:9; 7:2; 7:4

H3477

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Strong's Number H3477 matches the Hebrew יָשָׁר (yāšār),
which occurs 119 times in 119 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Exo 15:26–Job 4:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - and he said, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his mitzvot, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Mitzrim; for I am the LORD who heals you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:10 - Who can count the dust of Ya`akov, Or number the fourth part of Yisra'el? Let me die the death of the righteous, Let my last end be like his!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:8 - You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25 - You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 - Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - when you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his mitzvot which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - So shall you put away the innocent blood from the midst of you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - Now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right to you to do to us, do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn't this written in the book of Yashar? The sun stayed in the midst of the sky, and didn't hurry to go down about a whole day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:6 - In those days there was no king in Yisra'el: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:25 - In those days there was no king in Yisra'el: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - Then Akhish called David, and said to him, As the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day: nevertheless the lords don't favor you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - (and he bade them teach the children of Yehudah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Yashar):

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you: for this day I perceive that if Avshalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased you well.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped `Ashoret the goddess of the Tzidonim, Kemosh the god of Mo'av, and Milkom the god of the children of `Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, as did David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my mitzvot, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Yisra'el to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:8 - and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my mitzvot, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:5 - because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriyah the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:11 - Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - He walked in all the way of Asa his father; He didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: however the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - look you out the best and meet of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:15 - When he was departed there, he lighted on Yehonadav the son of Rechav coming to meet him; and he greeted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? Yehonadav answered, It is. If it be, give me your hand. He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - The LORD said to Yehu, Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ach'av according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:2 - Yeho'ash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days in which Yehoiada the Kohen instructed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:3 - He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Yo'ash his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:3 - He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amatzyah had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:34 - He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD; he did according to all that his father `Uzziyah had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of the LORD his God, like David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:3 - He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:2 - Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:32 - He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:2 - Yo'ash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Yehoiada the Kohen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:2 - He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:4 - He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amatzyah had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:2 - He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father `Uzziyah had done: however he didn't enter into the temple of the LORD. The people did yet corruptly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 - Achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, like David his father;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:2 - He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the Kohanim were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the Kohanim had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the Kohanim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20 - Thus did Hizkiyahu throughout all Yehudah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and mitzvot,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - There was a man in the land of `Utz, whose name was Iyov. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - The LORD said to Hasatan, "Have you considered my servant, Iyov? For there is none like him in the eretz, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - The LORD said to Hasatan, "Have you considered my servant Iyov? For there is none like him in the eretz, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:7 - "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

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