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Lexicon :: Strong's H7931 - šāḵan

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שָׁכַן
Transliteration
šāḵan
Pronunciation
shaw-kan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב (H7901) through the idea of lodging]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2387

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכַן shâkan, shaw-kan'; a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531, H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively):—abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 129x

The KJV translates Strong's H7931 in the following manner: dwell (92x), abide (8x), place (7x), remain (5x), inhabit (4x), rest (3x), set (2x), continue (1x), dwellers (1x), dwelling (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 129x
The KJV translates Strong's H7931 in the following manner: dwell (92x), abide (8x), place (7x), remain (5x), inhabit (4x), rest (3x), set (2x), continue (1x), dwellers (1x), dwelling (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside

    1. (Qal)

      1. to settle down to abide

      2. to abide, dwell, reside

    2. (Piel)

      1. to make settle down, establish

      2. to make or cause to dwell

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix

      2. to cause to dwell or abide

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכַן shâkan, shaw-kan'; a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531, H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively):—abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
STRONGS H7931: Abbreviations
שָׁכַן, שָׁכֵ֑ן129 verb settle down, abide, dwell (Late Hebrew id.; Ecclus 43:17d +; Phoenician שכן Lzb375; Aramaic שְׁכֵין; Syriac bdb101404, all dwell; Arabic bdb101405 rest, dwell, compare Assyrian šakânu, set, lay, deposit, set up (a dwelling), intransitive be situated (of city), maškanu, place, dwelling-place); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Exodus 40:35 + 5 times; שָׁכֵ֑ן Deuteronomy 33:12 + 2 times, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁכֹּן Genesis 16:12 +; יִשְׁכָּןֿ Numbers 9:17 + 2 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁכֹּ֑נוּ Jeremiah 49:31; 3rd person feminine plural תִּשְׁכֹּ֑נָּה Ezekiel 17:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁכֹן Genesis 26:2; Psalm 37:27; שְׁכָןֿ Psalm 37:3 masculine plural שִׁכְנוּ. Jeremiah 48:28; Infinitive construct בִּשְׁכֹּן (Ges§ 45 g) Genesis 35:22, לִשְׁכּוֹן 2 Chronicles 6:1, etc.; suffix שָׁכְנִי Exodus 29:46; שִׁכְנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (but see Pi. 1), etc.; Participle שֹׁכֵן Genesis 14:13 +, שֹׁכְנִי (Ges§ 90 l m) Deuteronomy 33:16 + 3 times; suffix feminine singular שֹׁכַנְתְּי Jeremiah 51:13; Passive participle, apparently plural construct with art, הַשְּׁכוּנֵי Judges 8:11 (but corrupt, proper name, of a location needed, see GFM): —
1. settle down to abide:
a. of person: encamp Numbers 24:2 (E); settle permanently Psalm 102:29 [Psalm 102:28] (absolute: || יִכּוֺן); כמלך שׁ׳ Job 29:25 (|| ישׁב); settle down (to remain) Judges 5:17; תַּחְתָּיו 2 Samuel 7:10 = 1 Chronicles 17:9 (not to be removed); especially at rest, peace, in security, לבטח Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16; Deuteronomy 33:12, compare בין כתפים Deuteronomy 33:12; Psalm 16:9 (|| שׂמח); בטח Deuteronomy 33:28; Proverbs 1:33; (ל)בדד Numbers 23:9 (poem) Jeremiah 49:31; Micah 7:14; land of Egypt Jeremiah 46:26 (remain undisturbed), so Jeremiah 50:39; Isaiah 13:20 (|| תֵּשֵׁב, compare ישׁב 4); with accusitive מרומים Isaiah 33:16; absolute Nahum 3:18, subject אדּירים (We יָֽשְׁנוּ, Now יִשְׁכְּבוּ; || נָמוּ); Proverbs 7:11 her feet tarry not in her house.
b. of animals: כְּלָבִיא Deuteronomy 33:20; ב location Isaiah 34:11; Job 37:8; שָׁם Isaiah 13:21; birds תַּחַת שׁ׳ (under) Ezekiel 17:23, בְּצֵל שׁ׳ Ezekiel 17:23; with עַל = upon Ezekiel 31:13, = by Psalm 104:12; with accusative סֶלַע Job 39:28; absolute, of man under figure of bird, אָע֫וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּ֑נָה Psalm 55:7 [Psalm 55:6].
c. things: with עַל of cloud, Job 3:5 settle down over; compare Exodus 24:16; Exodus 40:35; Numbers 9:17, Numbers 9:18, Numbers 9:22 (all P); with בְּ Numbers 10:12 (P).
2. abide, dwell:
a. of men: absolute Psalm 37:27 (לְעוֺלָם); שָׁ֫מָּה Isaiah 65:9; with ב location Psalm 69:37 [Psalm 69:36]; Job 18:15; Job 30:6; Micah 4:10; Jeremiah 48:28 + 10 times; לְחוֺף יִמִּים Genesis 49:13; with עַל, by Judges 5:17; Jeremiah 51:13; upon Psalm 37:29; על פני Genesis 16:12 (J); with עִם with Psalm 120:5, Psalm 120:6; with accusative Proverbs 2:21; Jeremiah 17:6 + 5 times; מִן ֗֗֗ עַד Genesis 25:18 (J); שֹׁכְנֵי אָ֑רֶץ Isaiah 18:3 (|| ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל).
b. of the dead: שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר Isaiah 26:19 (|| רְפָאִים); compare Job 26:5 (|| id.), so mortals; שֹׁכְנֵי בָתֵּי חֹמֶר Job 4:19; דוּמָה שׁ׳ Psalm 94:17 (i.e. שׁאול).
c. of God: בָּֽעֲרָפֶל שׁ׳ 1 Kings 8:12 2 Chronicles 6:1 (poem); מָרוֺם Isaiah 33:5; עַד Isaiah 57:15; מָרוֺם וְקָדוֺשׁ Isaiah 57:15; סְנֶה שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 33:16 (theoph.); בְּאָֽהֳלֵישֵֿׁם Genesis 9:27 (J, see BrMP 82; al. Japheth subject); בְּתוֺכָם Exodus 25:8; Exodus 29:46; Numbers 5:3 (all P), Ezekiel 43:9; with בְּתוֺךְ elsewhere Exodus 29:45 (P) + 6 times; ב location Psalm 85:10 [Psalm 85:9]; later בְּצִיּוֺן Joel 4:17 [Joel 3:17]; Joel 4:21 [Joel 3:21]; בְּהַר צִיּוֺן Isaiah 8:18; Psalm 68:17 [Psalm 68:16]; Psalm 68:19 [Psalm 68:18] (absolute) + 4 times; יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Psalm 135:21.
d. things: אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד, with את Leviticus 16:16 (P); שָׁם מִשְׁכַּן י׳ Joshua 22:19 (P); אוֺר Job 38:19.
e. abstract subject: מִשְׁפָּט Isaiah 32:16 (בַּמִּדְבָּר); חָכְמָה with accusative עָרְמָה Proverbs 8:12.
† Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁכֵּן Psalm 78:60; 1st person singular שִׁכַּנְתִּי Jeremiah 7:7, Jeremiah 7:12; Imperfect 1st person singular אֲשַׁכְּנָה Jeremiah 7:3; Infinitive construct שַׁכֵּן Numbers 14:30 + 7 times; suffix שַׁכְּנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (so read for MT לְשִׁכְנוֺ, compare Köii. l. 21); —
1. make settle down, establish: בָּֽאָדָֽם אֹהֶל שׁ׳ Psalm 78:60 especially in Deuteronomy, לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֺ שָׁם establish his name there (compare šakan šuma as Canaanism WklTelAm. 138 Rev. 20; 181. 6) Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 16:2, Deuteronomy 16:6, Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 26:2, compare Jeremiah 7:12; Nehemiah 1:9; + לְשִׁכְנֹו שָׁם אֶת־שְׁמֹו לָשׂוּם H7933 Deuteronomy 12:5 (read לְשַׁכְּנוֺ).
2. make to dwell: with accusative of person, ב location, Numbers 14:30 (J) Jeremiah 7:3, Jeremiah 7:7.
† Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular הִשְׁכַּ֫נְתִּי Ezekiel 3:24; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive יַשְׁכֵּן Psalm 7:6 [Psalm 7:5], וַיַּשְׁכֵּן Genesis 3:24; Psalm 78:55, etc.; —
1.
a. lay, כבודי לעפר lay my honour in the dust (of death); place, set, Genesis 3:24 (J); place, establish, אהל מועד at Shilo Joshua 18:1 (P).
b. cause birds to settle, עַל Ezekiel 32:4.
2. cause to dwell, with accusative of person, ב location, Psalm 78:55; compare Job 11:14.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7932.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 9:27; 14:13; 16:12; 16:12; 25:18; 26:2; 35:22; 49:13

Exodus

24:16; 25:8; 29:45; 29:46; 29:46; 40:35; 40:35

Leviticus

16:16

Numbers

5:3; 9:17; 9:17; 9:18; 9:22; 10:12; 14:30; 14:30; 23:9; 24:2

Deuteronomy

12:5; 12:5; 12:5; 12:11; 14:23; 16:2; 16:6; 16:11; 26:2; 33:12; 33:12; 33:12; 33:16; 33:16; 33:20; 33:28

Joshua

18:1; 22:19

Judges

5:17; 5:17; 8:11

2 Samuel

7:10

1 Kings

8:12

1 Chronicles

17:9

2 Chronicles

6:1; 6:1

Nehemiah

1:9

Job

3:5; 4:19; 11:14; 18:15; 26:5; 29:25; 30:6; 37:8; 38:19; 39:28

Psalms

7:5; 16:9; 37:27; 37:27; 37:29; 55:6; 68:16; 68:18; 69:36; 78:55; 78:55; 78:60; 78:60; 85:9; 94:17; 102:28; 104:12; 120:5; 120:6; 135:21

Proverbs

1:33; 2:21; 7:11; 8:12

Isaiah

8:18; 13:20; 13:21; 18:3; 26:19; 32:16; 33:5; 33:16; 34:11; 57:15; 57:15; 65:9

Jeremiah

7:3; 7:3; 7:7; 7:7; 7:12; 7:12; 17:6; 23:6; 33:16; 46:26; 48:28; 48:28; 49:31; 49:31; 50:39; 51:13; 51:13

Ezekiel

3:24; 17:23; 17:23; 17:23; 31:13; 32:4; 43:9

Joel

3:17; 3:21

Micah

4:10; 7:14

Nahum

3:18

H7931

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Strong's Number H7931 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַן (šāḵan),
which occurs 129 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 3:24–Job 26:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27 - May God enlarge Japheth's territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner. (All these were allied by treaty with Abram.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 - He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:13 - Zebulun will live by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - The glory of the LORD resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:8 - Let them make for me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:45 - I will reside among the Israelites, and I will be their God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:46

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:46 - and they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, so that I may reside among them. I am the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35 - Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:16 - So he is to make atonement for the holy place from the impurities of the Israelites and from their transgressions with regard to all their sins, and thus he is to do for the Meeting Tent which resides with them in the midst of their impurities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - You must expel both men and women; you must put them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps, among which I live."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:17 - Whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the Israelites would begin their journey; and in whatever place the cloud settled, there the Israelites would make camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:18 - At the commandment of the LORD the Israelites would begin their journey, and at the commandment of the LORD they would make camp; as long as the cloud remained settled over the tabernacle they would camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Whether it was for two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud prolonged its stay over the tabernacle, the Israelites remained camped without traveling; but when it was taken up, they traveled on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:12 - So the Israelites set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - You will by no means enter into the land where I swore to settle you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9 - For from the top of the rocks I see them; from the hills I watch them. Indeed, a nation that lives alone, and it will not be reckoned among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:2 - When Balaam lifted up his eyes, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:34 - Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the LORD live among the Israelites."

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you - your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - In the presence of the LORD your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 - You must sacrifice the Passover animal (from the flock or the herd) to the LORD your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 - but you must sacrifice it in the evening in the place where he chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - You shall rejoice before him - you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you - in the place where the LORD chooses to locate his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - you must take the first of all the ground's produce you harvest from the land the LORD your God is giving you, place it in a basket, and go to the place where he chooses to locate his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:12 - Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD will live safely by him; he protects him all the time, and the LORD places him on his chest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:16 - with the harvest of the earth and its fullness and the pleasure of him who resided in the burning bush. May blessing rest on Joseph's head, and on the top of the head of the one set apart from his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20 - Of Gad he said: Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he will dwell; he will tear at an arm - indeed, a scalp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:28 - Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens rain down dew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 - The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - But if your own land is impure, cross over to the LORD's own land, where the LORD himself lives, and settle down among us. But don't rebel against the LORD or us by building for yourselves an altar aside from the altar of the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:17 - Gilead stayed put beyond the Jordan River. As for Dan - why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? Asher remained on the seacoast, he stayed by his harbors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:11 - Gideon went up the road of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10 - I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed any more. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:13 - I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:12 - Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives in thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:9 - I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:25 - For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:1 - Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives in thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - But if you repent and obey my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 - how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - if iniquity is in your hand - put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:28 - he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:5 - "The dead tremble - those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

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