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Lexicon :: Strong's H7901 - šāḵaḇ

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שָׁכַב
Transliteration
šāḵaḇ
Pronunciation
shaw-kab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2381

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכַב shâkab, shaw-kab'; a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose):—× at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 212x

The KJV translates Strong's H7901 in the following manner: lie (106x), sleep (48x), lie down (43x), rest (3x), lien (2x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 212x
The KJV translates Strong's H7901 in the following manner: lie (106x), sleep (48x), lie down (43x), rest (3x), lien (2x), miscellaneous (10x).

  1. to lie down

    1. (Qal)

      1. to lie, lie down, lie on

      2. to lodge

      3. to lie (of sexual relations)

      4. to lie down (in death)

      5. to rest, relax (fig)

    2. (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually)

    3. (Pual) to be lain with (sexually)

    4. (Hiphil) to make to lie down

    5. (Hophal) to be laid

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכַב shâkab, shaw-kab'; a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose):—× at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
STRONGS H7901: Abbreviations
שָׁכַב (LagBN 63) verb lie down (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; שכב Ecclus 47:23 (in death), משכב bed Ecclesiasticus 40:5; Ecclesiasticus 47:20d, = death bed Ecclesiasticus 46:19; Phoenician שכב, משכב (see מ׳ 1 below), Lzb375; Ethiopic bdb101103 lie, Aramaic שְׁכַב, bdb101104; Nabataean משכבא couch; Arabic bdb101201 only pour out (water, tears), be poured out (compare Hiph. below, and LagBN 63)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Genesis 26:10 +, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׁכַּב Genesis 30:15 +, 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁכְּבֻן 1 Samuel 2:22, יִשְׁכָּב֑וּן Joshua 2:8; Job 30:17, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁכַב 2 Samuel 13:5; Ezekiel 4:4, שִׁכְבָה Genesis 39:7, 12, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁכֹב Leviticus 15:24; construct שְׁכַב 1 Kings 1:21 +, suffix שָׁכְבוֺ Ruth 3:4, שִׁכְבָהּ Genesis 19:33, 35, שָׁכְבְּךָ Deuteronomy 6:7 + 2 times; Participle שֹׁכֵב Genesis 28:13 +, feminine שֹׁכֶ֫בֶת Micah 7:5; Ruth 3:8, etc.; —
1. lie down (sometimes opposed to קוּם, הֵקִיץ):
a. Judges 5:27 (prostrated by blow, + כָּרַע, נָפַל).
b. to sleep, Genesis 19:4 (J), Genesis 28:11 (E), 1 Samuel 3:5; Deuteronomy 7:7; Proverbs 6:22 + often; read וַיִּשְׁכַּב also (for וַיַּשְׁכֵּם) 1 Samuel 9:26 Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr and modern; שׁ׳ + יָשֵׁן sleep 1 Kings 19:5; Psalm 3:6; Psalm 4:9, compare Proverbs 3:24 (twice in verse), + נִרְדָּם Jonah 1:5; = be lying 1 Samuel 3:2, 3; 1 Samuel 26:5 (all בְּ local), 1 Samuel 26:7; 1 Samuel 4:5 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb noon-repose), 2 Samuel 13:8, compare שֹׁכֵב בְּלֶביָֿם Proverbs 23:34, of two lying (together, for warmth) Ecclesiastes 4:11; + be sleeping 1 Samuel 26:7 = keep lying, with עַד Judges 16:3; 1 Samuel 3:15; Ruth 3:13; Proverbs 6:9; emphasis on resting, Leviticus 26:6 (H), Job 11:18; token of mourning, וְשָׁכַב אָ֑רְצָה (וְלָן) 2 Samuel 12:16, compare 2 Samuel 13:21, בַּשָּׂק שׁ׳ 1 Kings 21:27, בֵּין שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם שׁ׳ Psalm 68:14 (of indolence?); figurative of prostration by disease Psalm 41:9; among foes Psalm 57:5; of humiliation Jeremiah 3:25; with עַל of thing: land Genesis 28:13 (J), usually bed 2 Samuel 13:5; 1 Kings 21:4; Leviticus 15:4, 24, 26, compare Leviticus 15:20, for midday repose 2 Samuel 4:7.
c. lie on (עַל) one's side Ezekiel 4:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 4:6, 9 (symbolic).
d. lie, עַל person 1 Kings 3:19 (fatally), 2 Kings 4:34 (to revive).
e. lie בְּחֵיק, of lamb (i.e. be cherished) 2 Samuel 12:3, of woman Micah 7:5 (intimacy), 1 Kings 1:2 (vital warmth); lie down for copulation Genesis 19:33, 35 (of woman, see 3 below; both opposed to קוּם).
2. = lodge (for night), (שָׁ֫מָּהׅ שׁ׳ Joshua 2:1 (E), 2 Kings 4:11, compare 2 Kings 9:16 (yet perhaps = lie ill), Leviticus 14:47 (בְּ local).
3..of sexual relations, lie with: subject man, with עִם Genesis 30:15, 16; Genesis 39:7, 12, 14 (J), Exodus 22:13 (E), Deuteronomy 22:22 + 8 times Deuteronomy; 2 Samuel 11:4, 11; 2 Samuel 12:11, 24; Leviticus 15:33; with אֶת feminine with (MT אֹתָהּ, etc., originally אִתָּהּ, etc., see Dr 2 Samuel 13:14 and II. אֵת, above), Genesis 26:10; Genesis 34:2, 7; Genesis 35:22 (all J), 1 Samuel 2:22 (omitted by Greek Version of the LXX and modern), 2 Samuel 13:14; Ezekiel 23:8 (figurative), Leviticus 15:24 (שָׁכֹב יִשְׁכַּב), Numbers 5:19, also (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שִׁכְבַתזֶֿרַע) Numbers 5:13; Leviticus 15:18; Leviticus 19:20; with accusative (suffix) feminine Deuteronomy 28:30 Kt (see [שָׁגֵל]); with אֵצֶל feminine Genesis 39:10 (J); with אֵת of a man (sodomy), Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13 (both H; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה); with עִםבְּֿהֵמָה Deuteronomy 27:21; Leviticus 22:18 (H); subject woman, with עִם of a man Genesis 19:32, 34, 35 (J) 2 Samuel 13:11; אֵת of a man Genesis 19:33, 34 (compare 1e above).
4.
a. lie down in death, Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 43:17 (opposed to קוּם), Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:27, 28, 29, 30; Job 14:12 (opposed to קוּם, הֵקִיץ), וְאֶשְׁקוֺט שׁ׳ Job 3:12; be lying (dead) Isaiah 51:20; Lamentations 2:21.
b. especially in phrase עִם אֲבוֺתָיו שׁ׳ lie down with his fathers, of kings 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10 + 35 times Kings Chronicles, compare Genesis 47:30 (J) Deuteronomy 31:16, and (with אֵת) 2 Samuel 7:12
c. in grave, בְּבֵיתוֺ Isaiah 14:18 (opposed to מִקִּבְרְךָ), שֹׁכְבֵי קֶבֶר Psalm 88:6; לֶעָפָר Job 7:21, עַלעֿ׳ Job 20:11; Job 21:26; in She'ôl Ezekiel 32:21; in Gehenna (?) Isaiah 50:11.
5. figurative = relax: Job 30:17 my gnawing pains do not sleep; = have rest, לִבּוֺ לֹא שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 2:23.
† Niph. Pu. = be lain with (sexually; subject woman), only as Qr for Kt [שָׁגֵל] Niph. Pu. which see.
† Hiph. lay, Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הִשְׁכִּיבָה with accusative puer. + בְּחֵיק 1 Kings 3:20, so Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵהוּ 1 Kings 3:20, compare (עַלמִֿטָּה) 1 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 4:21; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁכֵּב אוֺתָם אַ֫רְצָה 2 Samuel 8:2 making them lie down on ground; Imperfect also lay בַּמִּשְׁכָּב 2 Chronicles 16:14 (of burial); נִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּיב Job 38:37 i.e. tip them so that contents may flow out (compare Arabic bdb101202 above).
† Hoph. Participle מֻשְׁכָּב 2 Kings 4:32 laid עַלמִֿטָּה; Perfect consecutive וְהֻשְׁכַּב Ezekiel 32:32 shall be laid (in death), with בְּתוֺךְ and אֵת person (with); so Imperative masculine singular הָשְׁכְּבָה Ezekiel 32:19 (with אֵת person only).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:4; 19:32; 19:33; 19:33; 19:33; 19:34; 19:34; 19:35; 19:35; 19:35; 26:10; 26:10; 28:11; 28:13; 28:13; 30:15; 30:15; 30:16; 34:2; 34:7; 35:22; 39:7; 39:7; 39:10; 39:12; 39:12; 39:14; 47:30

Exodus

22:13

Leviticus

14:47; 15:4; 15:18; 15:20; 15:24; 15:24; 15:24; 15:26; 15:33; 18:22; 19:20; 20:13; 22:18; 26:6

Numbers

5:13; 5:19

Deuteronomy

6:7; 7:7; 22:22; 27:21; 28:30; 31:16

Joshua

2:1; 2:8

Judges

5:27; 16:3

Ruth

3:4; 3:8; 3:13

1 Samuel

2:22; 2:22; 3:2; 3:3; 3:5; 3:15; 4:5; 9:26; 26:5; 26:7; 26:7

2 Samuel

4:7; 7:12; 8:2; 11:4; 11:11; 12:3; 12:11; 12:16; 12:24; 13:5; 13:5; 13:8; 13:11; 13:14; 13:14; 13:21

1 Kings

1:2; 1:21; 1:21; 2:10; 3:19; 3:20; 3:20; 17:19; 19:5; 21:4; 21:27

2 Kings

4:11; 4:21; 4:32; 4:34; 9:16

2 Chronicles

16:14

Job

3:12; 7:21; 11:18; 14:12; 20:11; 21:26; 30:17; 30:17; 38:37

Psalms

3:6; 41:9; 57:5; 68:14; 88:6

Proverbs

3:24; 6:9; 6:22; 23:34

Ecclesiastes

2:23; 4:11

Isaiah

14:8; 14:18; 43:17; 50:11; 51:20

Jeremiah

3:25

Lamentations

2:21

Ezekiel

4:4; 4:4; 4:6; 4:9; 23:8; 31:18; 32:19; 32:21; 32:27; 32:28; 32:29; 32:30; 32:32

Jonah

1:5

Micah

7:5; 7:5

H7901

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Strong's Number H7901 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַב (šāḵaḇ),
which occurs 213 times in 194 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Ki 15:8–Job 27:19)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:8 - And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:24 - And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - And he said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:5 - And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, “Arise and eat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:6 - And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 - And when Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:40 - So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:50 - And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:11 - One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door behind him and went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24 - So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:16 - Then Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to visit Joram.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35 - So Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9 - So Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16 - And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22 - He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:29 - And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:7 - And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:22 - And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:38 - Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:20 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:21 - And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18 - And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:6 - So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:16 - And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and Abijah[fn] his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1 - [fn] Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land had rest for ten years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:13 - And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer’s art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:1 - Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:2 - He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:9 - And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper part of the tombs of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:20 - So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house, and Amon his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:13 - For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing till the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:21 - Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 - And you will feel secure, because there is hope;
you will look around and take your rest in security.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 - so a man lies down and rises not again;
till the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be roused out of his sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:11 - His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
but it will lie down with him in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:26 - They lie down alike in the dust,
and the worms cover them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19 - He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more;
he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

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