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Lexicon :: Strong's H8354 - šāṯâ

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שָׁתָה
Transliteration
šāṯâ
Pronunciation
shaw-thaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2477

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁתָה shâthâh, shaw-thaw'; a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively):—× assuredly, banquet, × certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (× -ard), surely. (Intensive proposition of H8248.)

KJV Translation Count — Total: 217x

The KJV translates Strong's H8354 in the following manner: drink (208x), drinkers (1x), drunkards (1x), banquet (1x), miscellaneous (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 217x
The KJV translates Strong's H8354 in the following manner: drink (208x), drinkers (1x), drunkards (1x), banquet (1x), miscellaneous (6x).

  1. to drink

    1. (Qal)

      1. to drink

        1. of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)

      2. to feast

    2. (Niphal) to be drunk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁתָה shâthâh, shaw-thaw'; a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively):—× assuredly, banquet, × certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (× -ard), surely. (Intensive proposition of H8248.)
STRONGS H8354: Abbreviations
I. שָׁתָה 217 verb drink (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šatû, Ethiopic bdb105901 Old Aramaic שתה, Aramaic שְׁתָא, אִשְׁתִּי, [bdb105902], bdb105903; Sabean שתי DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 403 HomChr 124); —
Qal216 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Exodus 34:28 +, 1st person singular שָׁתִ֫יתִי 1 Samuel 1:15 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁתֶּה Genesis 44:5 +, וַיִּשְׁתֶּה 1 Kings 19:8, usually וַיֵּשְׁתְּ Genesis 9:21+; jussive וְיֵשְׁתְּ 1 Kings 13:18; 3rd person feminine singular וַתֵּשְׁתְּ Numbers 20:11; 2nd person masculine singular with apocope תֵּשְׁתְּ Judges 13:14 +, וַתֵּשְׁתְּ 1 Kings 13:22; 1st person singular וָאֵשְׁתְּ Genesis 24:46; 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁתָּי֑וּן Psalm 78:44, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁתֵה Genesis 24:14 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁתֹה Isaiah 21:5; Jeremiah 49:12 (in 1 Samuel 1:9 after preposition, anomalous, Ges§ 113e, omitted by Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr and modern), שָׁתוֺ Jeremiah 25:28 +, שָׁתוֺת Isaiah 22:13 (Ges§ 75n); construct תְוֺ Proverbs 31:4, שְׁתוֺת Jeremiah 35:8, 14, לִשְׁתּתֹ Genesis 24:19 +, suffix שְׁתוֺתוֺ 1 Kings 13:33, לִשְׁתּוֺתָהּ Isaiah 51:22 etc.; Participle active שֹׁתֶה Isaiah 29:8 +, feminine שֹׁתָה Job 6:4, etc.; —
1.
a. of man: drink, water, wine, etc., Exodus 34:28 (JE), compare Exodus 15:24 (J), 1 Samuel 30:12; Amos 2:8; Amos 4:8; Amos 5:11; Isaiah 5:22; Isaiah 62:8, 9; Proverbs 31:4; Judges 13:4, 7, 14 + often (2 times J E; + 6 times D); by measure (short allowance) Ezekiel 4:11, 16; milk † Ezekiel 25:4, compare Songs 5:1; blood 1 Chronicles 11:19 (figurative of water gained by hazard); figurative חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי Job 6:4 whose venom [of arrows of י׳] my spirit drinks up; accusative + מִן of source † Exodus 7:18 (J), Exodus 7:21 (E), Exodus 15:23 (J), Proverbs 5:15 (figurative); accusative (of wine, water, etc.) omitted Genesis 24:14 (twice in verse); Genesis 27:25; Genesis 43:34 (all J) + 11 times J, Exodus 7:24; Exodus 17:6 (E), Numbers 20:5 (JE), Numbers 20:11; Numbers 33:14 (P), Judges 15:19 + often; accusative שׁין † 2 Kings 18:27 = Isaiah 36:12; מַמְתַקִּים Nehemiah 8:10; absolute Ecclesiastes 2:24 +; + מִן of source 1 Kings 17:4, 6; Psalm 110:7, מִכֹּסוֺ 2 Samuel 12:3; בְּמִזְרְקֵי יַיִן שׁ׳ Amos 6:6, compare Genesis 44:5; בְּיַיִן שׁ׳ † Proverbs 9:5; with מִן partitive Genesis 9:21; Exodus 7:24; Ruth 2:9, also (figurative) Jeremiah 51:7 (and Job 21:20 below).
†b. participle as substantive שֹׁתֵי מַיִם Ezekiel 31:14, 16, שֹׁתֵי יַיִן Joel 1:5; שׁוֺתֵי שֵׁכָר Psalm 69:13.
c. drink wine in sacrificial feast Deuteronomy 32:38 (poem); blood of sacrificial victim Psalm 50:13 (figurative of י׳).
d. subject animals Numbers 20:19; Jonah 3:7 (both + men), also (figurative) Ezekiel 34:18, 19; accusative (water) omitted Genesis 24:19, 22; Genesis 30:38 (twice in verse).
e. figurative of drinking cup of י׳'s wrath, אֶתאכּוֺס שׁ׳ חֲמָתוֺ Isaiah 51:17 (+ מִיַּד י׳), compare Isaiah 51:17, Isaiah 51:22, see also Ezekiel 23:32, 34 and (accusative omitted) Jeremiah 25:16, 26, 27 + 8 times Jeremiah; Habakkuk 2:16; absolute Obadiah 16 (3 times in verse); accusative שְׁמָרִים Psalm 75:9; מֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי שׁ׳ Job 21:20.
†f. drink blood, figurative of slaughter, Numbers 23:24 (J E; of lion, metaphor of Israel), Zechariah 9:15 (read דָּמָם for הָמוּ Greek Version of the LXXManuscripts Sta Now Marti); so (blood of י׳'s sacrifice) Ezekiel 39:17, 18, 19.
g. figurative of wicked deeds: יֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּוּ Proverbs 4:17 (|| לָֽחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע; these are their food and drink), compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7, but Proverbs 26:6 apparently = suffers violence (compare De Toy).
†2. late, = feast Esther 3:15; Esther 7:1 (compare מִשְׁתֶּה).
†Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁתֶה Leviticus 11:34 (P) all which is (may be) drunk, with ב of vessel. — נִשְׁתָּ֑וָה Proverbs 27:15 see I. שׁוה near the end For cause, give, to drink see שׁקה.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8355.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:21; 9:21; 24:14; 24:14; 24:19; 24:19; 24:22; 24:46; 27:25; 30:38; 43:34; 44:5; 44:5

Exodus

7:18; 7:21; 7:24; 7:24; 15:23; 15:24; 17:6; 34:28; 34:28

Leviticus

11:34

Numbers

20:5; 20:11; 20:11; 20:19; 23:24; 33:14

Deuteronomy

32:38

Judges

13:4; 13:7; 13:14; 13:14; 15:19

Ruth

2:9

1 Samuel

1:9; 1:15; 30:12

2 Samuel

12:3

1 Kings

13:18; 13:22; 13:33; 17:4; 17:6; 19:8

2 Kings

18:27

1 Chronicles

11:19

Nehemiah

8:10

Esther

3:15; 7:1

Job

6:4; 6:4; 15:16; 21:20; 21:20; 34:7

Psalms

50:13; 69:13; 75:9; 78:44; 110:7

Proverbs

4:17; 5:15; 9:5; 26:6; 27:15; 31:4; 31:4

Ecclesiastes

2:24

Song of Songs

5:1

Isaiah

5:22; 21:5; 22:13; 29:8; 36:12; 51:17; 51:17; 51:22; 51:22; 62:8; 62:9

Jeremiah

25:16; 25:26; 25:27; 25:28; 35:8; 35:14; 49:12; 51:7

Ezekiel

4:11; 4:16; 23:32; 23:34; 25:4; 31:14; 31:16; 34:18; 34:19; 39:17; 39:18; 39:19

Joel

1:5

Amos

2:8; 4:8; 5:11; 6:6

Obadiah

1:16

Jonah

3:7

Habakkuk

2:16

Zechariah

9:15

H8354

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Strong's Number H8354 matches the Hebrew שָׁתָה (šāṯâ),
which occurs 217 times in 193 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Ch 29:22–Jer 22:15)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - And did eat and drink H8354 before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink H8354 water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink H8354 the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, H8354 and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; H8354 but the city Shushan was perplexed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink H8354 three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:1 - So the king and Haman came to banquet H8354 with Esther the queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink H8354 with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:13 - And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking H8354 wine in their eldest brother's house:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:18 - While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking H8354 wine in their eldest brother's house:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4 - For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up H8354 my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh H8354 iniquity like water?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20 - His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink H8354 of the wrath of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:7 - What man is like Job, who drinketh up H8354 scorning like water?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:13 - Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink H8354 the blood of goats?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:12 - They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. H8354

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink H8354 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 - And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:7 - He shall drink H8354 of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink H8354 the wine of violence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15 - Drink H8354 waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:5 - Come, eat of my bread, and drink H8354 of the wine which I have mingled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:7 - For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, H8354 saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh H8354 damage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink H8354 wine; nor for princes strong drink:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5 - Lest they drink, H8354 and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7 - Let him drink, H8354 and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, H8354 and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - And also that every man should eat and drink, H8354 and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, H8354 and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, H8354 and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink H8354 thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk H8354 my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, H8354 yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink H8354 wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:5 - Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: H8354 arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:13 - And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking H8354 wine: let us eat and drink; H8354 for to morrow we shall die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - They shall not drink H8354 wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink H8354 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; H8354 but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:12 - But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink H8354 their own piss with you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink H8354 ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:25 - I have digged, and drunk H8354 water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh H8354 no water, and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 - Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk H8354 at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken H8354 the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink H8354 thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:9 - But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink H8354 it in the courts of my holiness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, H8354 but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:18 - And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink H8354 the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink H8354 the waters of the river?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8 - Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 - Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, H8354 and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

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