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Lexicon :: Strong's H776 - 'ereṣ

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אֶרֶץ
Transliteration
'ereṣ
Pronunciation
eh'-rets
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 167

Strong’s Definitions

אֶרֶץ ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × nations, way, + wilderness, world.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,504x

The KJV translates Strong's H776 in the following manner: land (1,543x), earth (712x), country (140x), ground (98x), world (4x), way (3x), common (1x), field (1x), nations (1x), wilderness (with H4057) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,504x
The KJV translates Strong's H776 in the following manner: land (1,543x), earth (712x), country (140x), ground (98x), world (4x), way (3x), common (1x), field (1x), nations (1x), wilderness (with H4057) (1x).

  1. land, earth

    1. earth

      1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

      2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

      3. earth (inhabitants)

    2. land

      1. country, territory

      2. district, region

      3. tribal territory

      4. piece of ground

      5. land of Canaan, Israel

      6. inhabitants of land

      7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

      8. city (-state)

    3. ground, surface of the earth

      1. ground

      2. soil

    4. (in phrases)

      1. people of the land

      2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

      3. level or plain country

      4. land of the living

      5. end(s) of the earth

    5. (almost wholly late in usage)

      1. lands, countries

        1. often in contrast to Canaan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶרֶץ ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × nations, way, + wilderness, world.
STRONGS H776: Abbreviations
אֶ֫רֶץ 2407 noun feminineGenesis 10:11 & (seldom) masculine Genesis 13:16 earth, land (Phoenician, MI ארץ, Assyrian irṣitu COTGloss, Arabic أَرْضً, Sabean ארץֿ e.g. Os9 DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Semitic Sprachf. 12, compare PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaic H772 אֲרַע, aYxiRAf  ) — א׳ absolute Genesis 1:24 +; construct Genesis 2:11 +; אָ֑רֶץ Genesis 1:10 +; with article always הָאָ֫רֶץ Genesis 1:11 +; with ָ  ה locative אַ֫רְצָה Genesis 11:31 +, (this form also in poetry = אֶרֶץ Job 34:13 +); suffix אַרְצִי Job 20:15 +; (אַרְצֶ֑ךָ) אַרְצְךָ Job 12:1 +, etc.; plural אֲרָצוֺת Jeremiah 28:8 + 65 times; construct אַרְצוֺת Ezekiel 39:27 + 6 times; suffix אַרְצֹתָם Genesis 10:5 + 2 times; —
1.
a. earth, whole earth (opposed to a part) Genesis 18:18, 25; Genesis 22:18 (= הָאֲדָמָה Genesis 12:3) Jeremiah 25:26, 29, 30; Jeremiah 26:6; Isaiah 37:16, 20 = 2 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 19:19; Zechariah 4:10; Zechariah 4:14 +.
b. earth, opposed to heaven, sky Genesis 1:2; Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 5:8; Deuteronomy 30:19; Judges 5:4; Lamentations 2:1; Isaiah 37:16 = 2 Kings 19:15; Psalm 146:6; 1 Chronicles 21:16; 1 Chronicles 29:11; 2 Chronicles 2:11 +; as permanent Ecclesiastes 1:4; built on foundations, or pillars 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 104:5; Job 38:4; Isaiah 48:13; Isaiah 51:13, 16 compare also Isaiah 24:18; Psalm 82:5; firm, so that its shaking is something terrible, & token of terrible power 1 Samuel 14:4; 2 Samuel 22:8 = Psalm 18:8; Job 9:6 compare Psalm 46:2 & Psalm 46:6; so also Amos 8:8; Isaiah 2:19, 21; Isaiah 24:18, 19, 20; Psalm 60:4; Psalm 77:19; Psalm 99:1; Psalm 114:7; as hung on nothing Job 26:7; with waters under it Exodus 20:4 = Deuteronomy 5:8 compare Genesis 7:11; personified, especially as addressed, called to witness, etc. Deuteronomy 32:1; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 22:29; Isaiah 1:2; Micah 1:2; Job 16:18.
c. earth = inhabitants of earth Genesis 6:11; 1 Kings 2:2; 1 Kings 10:24; Psalm 33:8; Psalm 66:4 —תֵּבֵל א׳ Proverbs 8:31; Job 37:12.
2. land =
a. country, territory, שִׁנְעָר א׳ Genesis 10:10, מִצְרַיִם א׳ Genesis 21:21; compare also Genesis 10:11; Genesis 11:28, 31; Genesis 13:10; Genesis 47:6, 27; Genesis 50:8; Isaiah 7:18; Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 23:13; Isaiah 27:13; Psalm 78:12; Jeremiah 25:20; 1 Chronicles 1:43; personified Isaiah 62:4; Ecclesiastes 10:16, 17.
b. district, region Genesis 19:28; Genesis 22:2; Joshua 11:3; Psalm 42:7.
c. tribal territory Deuteronomy 34:2; Judges 21:21; 1 Samuel 9:4, 16; 1 Samuel 13:7; 1 Kings 15:20; Isaiah 8:23; and still smaller territories 1 Samuel 9:4, 5.
d. piece of ground Genesis 23:15.
e. specifically land of Canaan, or Israel Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:1; Genesis 12:5; Genesis 12:6; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 31:3; Exodus 14:34; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 18:9; 2 Kings 5:2, 4 +; especially object of יָרַשׁ possess Deuteronomy 3:20 — Deuteronomy, Psalms and elsewhere; so after נָחַל Joshua 19:49 +; נָתַן Deuteronomy 1:21 +.
f. = inhabitants land Leviticus 19:29; Ezekiel 14:13 — Deuteronomy 24:4; Zechariah 12:12 etc.
g. used even of She’ôl Job 10:21, 22 (compare Assyrian irṣit la târat, land without return, in Descent of Ishtar, see Jr10. 65); see also Psalm 139:15; Isaiah 44:23.
3.
a. ground, surface of ground = אֲדָמָה q. v. Genesis 1:26, 30; Genesis 18:2; Genesis 33:3; Genesis 38:9; Exodus 4:3; Exodus 16:4; Ruth 2:10; 1 Samuel 5:4 + very often in Samuel.
b. soil, as productive = אֲדָמָה Genesis 1:11, 12; Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 25:9; Leviticus 26:4 compare Numbers 14:7, 8; Isaiah 36:7 = 2 Kings 18:32; Psalm 72:6; Psalm 72:16; Psalm 107:34; Psalm 107:35; Ezra 9:12; Nehemiah 9:35.
4. אֶרֶץ in phrases:
a. people of the land עַם־הָא׳ of non-Israelites Genesis 23:7, 12, 13 (P) Numbers 14:9 (JE); as well as Israel Leviticus 20:4 (H) 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 21:24 (twice in verse); especially common people, opposed to officials, princes Leviticus 4:27 (P) Ezekiel 7:27; 2 Kings 11:18, 19.
b. in measurements of distance, כִּבְרַת הָא׳ the space or distance of country (see כּברה) Genesis 35:16, so כִּבְרַת א׳ some distance Genesis 48:7; 2 Kings 5:19.
c. אֶרֶץ הַמִּישׁוֺר the country of the plain, level or plain country Deuteronomy 4:33; Jeremiah 48:21; מִישׁוֺר א׳ figurative Psalm 143:10 (but read אֹרַח Syriac Version Bi Gr Che, compare Psalm 27:11).
d. חַיִּים א׳ land of the living Psalm 27:13; הַחַיִּים א׳ Psalm 142:6.
e. קְצֵה הָא׳ end(s) of the earth Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 43:6 (|| רָחוֺק) Psalm 135:7; Proverbs 17:24, so אַפְסֵי א׳ Proverbs 30:4 +; קְצוֺת הָא׳ Isaiah 40:28; Isaiah 41:5, 9.
5. plural אֲרָצוֺת is almost wholly late, Jeremiah 16:15 + 6 times Jeremiah; + 23 times Ezekiel; Isaiah 36:20; Isaiah 37:11 = 2 Kings 18:35; 2 Kings 19:11 (Isaiah 37:18 read הַגּוֺיִם see Che Di & compare 2 Kings 19:17); + 22 times Chronicles; Daniel 9:7; Daniel 11:40, 42; Psalm 105:44; Psalm 106:27; Psalm 107:3; Psalm 116:9; besides these only P Genesis 10:5, 20, 31; Leviticus 26:36, 39, except Genesis 26:3, 4 (JR) Genesis 41:54 (JE); it denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan, lands of the nations, etc., see especially absolute Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 22:4; = the various petty divisions of Canaan afterward united under Israel's control Genesis 26:3, 4, compare 1 Chronicles 13:2 אַרְצוֺת יִשְׂרָאֵל, 2 Chronicles 11:23 אַרְצוֺת יְהוּדָה.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:2; 1:10; 1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 1:24; 1:26; 1:30; 2:11; 6:11; 7:11; 10:5; 10:5; 10:10; 10:11; 10:11; 10:20; 10:31; 11:28; 11:31; 11:31; 11:31; 12:1; 12:3; 12:5; 12:6; 12:7; 13:10; 13:16; 18:2; 18:18; 18:25; 19:28; 21:21; 22:2; 22:18; 23:7; 23:12; 23:13; 23:15; 26:3; 26:3; 26:4; 26:4; 31:3; 33:3; 35:16; 38:9; 41:54; 47:6; 47:27; 48:7; 50:8

Exodus

4:3; 16:4; 20:4; 20:4

Leviticus

4:27; 19:9; 19:29; 20:4; 25:9; 26:4; 26:36; 26:39

Numbers

14:7; 14:8; 14:9

Deuteronomy

1:21; 3:20; 4:33; 5:8; 5:8; 17:14; 18:9; 24:4; 30:19; 32:1; 34:2

Joshua

11:3; 19:49

Judges

5:4; 21:21

Ruth

2:10

1 Samuel

2:8; 5:4; 9:4; 9:4; 9:5; 9:16; 13:7; 14:4

2 Samuel

22:8

1 Kings

2:2; 10:24; 15:20

2 Kings

5:2; 5:4; 5:19; 11:18; 11:19; 15:5; 16:15; 18:32; 18:35; 19:11; 19:15; 19:15; 19:17; 19:19; 21:24

1 Chronicles

1:43; 13:2; 21:16; 29:11

2 Chronicles

2:11; 11:23

Ezra

9:12

Nehemiah

9:35

Job

9:6; 10:21; 10:22; 12:1; 16:18; 20:15; 26:7; 34:13; 37:12; 38:4

Psalms

18:8; 27:11; 27:13; 33:8; 42:7; 46:2; 46:6; 60:4; 66:4; 72:6; 72:16; 77:19; 78:12; 82:5; 99:1; 104:5; 105:44; 106:27; 107:3; 107:34; 107:35; 114:7; 116:9; 135:7; 139:15; 142:6; 143:10; 146:6

Proverbs

8:31; 17:24; 30:4

Ecclesiastes

1:4; 10:16; 10:17

Isaiah

1:2; 2:19; 2:21; 7:18; 23:1; 23:13; 24:18; 24:18; 24:19; 24:20; 27:13; 36:7; 36:20; 37:11; 37:16; 37:16; 37:18; 37:20; 40:28; 41:5; 41:9; 42:10; 43:6; 44:23; 48:13; 51:13; 51:16; 62:4

Jeremiah

6:19; 16:15; 22:29; 25:20; 25:26; 25:29; 25:30; 26:6; 28:8; 48:21

Lamentations

2:1

Ezekiel

7:27; 14:13; 20:32; 22:4; 39:27

Daniel

9:7; 11:40; 11:42

Amos

8:8

Micah

1:2

Zechariah

4:10; 4:14; 12:12

H776

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Strong's Number H776 matches the Hebrew אֶרֶץ ('ereṣ),
which occurs 57 times in 57 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - There was a man in the land H776 of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, H776 and from walking up and down in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, H776 a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:10 - Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:20 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, H776 and worshipped,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, H776 and from walking up and down in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, H776 a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:13 - So they sat down with him upon the ground H776 seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:14 - With kings and counsellors of the earth, H776 which built desolate places for themselves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:10 - Who giveth rain upon the earth, H776 and sendeth waters upon the fields:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:22 - At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:25 - Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:1 - Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? H776 are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth H776 are a shadow:)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:6 - Which shaketh the earth H776 out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:24 - The earth H776 is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land H776 of darkness and the shadow of death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - A land H776 of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:9 - The measure thereof is longer than the earth, H776 and broader than the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - Or speak to the earth, H776 and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, H776 and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:8 - Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, H776 and the stock thereof die in the ground;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:19 - The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; H776 and thou destroyest the hope of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:19 - Unto whom alone the earth H776 was given, and no stranger passed among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:29 - He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 - His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:18 - O earth, H776 cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 - He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth H776 be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10 - The snare is laid for him in the ground, H776 and a trap for him in the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:17 - His remembrance shall perish from the earth, H776 and he shall have no name in the street.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:4 - Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:27 - The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth H776 shall rise up against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:8 - But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; H776 and the honourable man dwelt in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:4 - They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth H776 hide themselves together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18 - He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: H776 he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:7 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth H776 upon nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 - As for the earth, H776 out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:13 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land H776 of the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:24 - For he looketh to the ends of the earth, H776 and seeth under the whole heaven;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:13 - Who hath given him a charge over the earth? H776 or who hath disposed the whole world?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:11 - Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, H776 and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; H776 likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12 - And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:13 - He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, H776 or for mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:17 - How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth H776 by the south wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? H776 declare, if thou hast understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 - That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, H776 that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

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