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Lexicon :: Strong's H995 - bîn

Aa
בִּין
Transliteration
bîn
Pronunciation
bene
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 239

Strong’s Definitions

בִּין bîyn, bene; a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand:—attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 170x

The KJV translates Strong's H995 in the following manner: understand (62x), understanding (32x), consider (22x), prudent (8x), perceive (7x), regard (6x), discern (3x), instruct (3x), miscellaneous (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 170x
The KJV translates Strong's H995 in the following manner: understand (62x), understanding (32x), consider (22x), prudent (8x), perceive (7x), regard (6x), discern (3x), instruct (3x), miscellaneous (27x).

  1. to discern, understand, consider

    1. (Qal)

      1. to perceive, discern

      2. to understand, know (with the mind)

      3. to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider

      4. to have discernment, insight, understanding

    2. (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to understand

      2. to cause to understand, give understanding, teach

    4. (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently

    5. (Polel) to teach, instruct

  2. (TWOT) prudent, regard

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּין bîyn, bene; a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand:—attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
STRONGS H995: Abbreviations
† בִּין verb discern (NöZMG 1883, 592 f.; Arabic bdb010607 become separated, be distinct, IV. speak perspicuously; Ethiopic bdb010608 1. 2 consider, perceive, Aramaic bdb010609 make to understand, compare Sabean בין (the) wise, as epithet, MordtZMG 1876, 37) —
Qal Perfect בִּין Daniel 10:1; בַּנְתָּה Psalm 139:2; בִּינֹתִי Daniel 9:2; Imperfect יָבִין Psalm 19:13 + 25 times וְיָבֵן Jeremiah 9:11 + 2 times, וַיָּבֶן 1 Samuel 3:8 + 2 times; אָבִינָה Psalm 73:17 + 4 times; יָבִינוּ Proverbs 28:5 + 12 times; Imperative בִּין Daniel 9:23; בִּינָה Psalm 5:2; בִּינוּ Deuteronomy 32:7 + 2 times; Infinitive absolute בִּין Proverbs 23:1; Participle בָּנִים Jeremiah 49:7; —
1. perceive (with the senses); —
a. eyes, accusative Proverbs 7:7, with לְ Job 9:11; Job 14:21; Job 23:8; Proverbs 14:15.
b. ears, accusative Proverbs 29:19, with לְ Job 13:1.
c. touch, accusative Psalm 58:10.
d. taste, acc. Job 6:30.
2. understand, know (with mind): —
a. absolute Job 18:2; Job 38:20; Job 42:3; Psalm 49:21; Psalm 82:5; Proverbs 24:12; Isaiah 6:9, 10; Isaiah 44:18; Daniel 12:10; Hosea 4:14; Hosea 14:10; שׁמעתי ולא אבין I heard but I could not understand Daniel 12:8.
b. accusative Job 15:9; Job 23:5; Job 36:29; Proverbs 2:5, 9; Proverbs 20:24; Proverbs 28:5; Psalm 19:13; Psalm 92:7; Jeremiah 9:11; יבין משׁפט Job 32:9; Proverbs 28:5; יבין דעת Proverbs 29:7.
c. with כִּי 1 Samuel 3:8; 2 Samuel 12:19; Isaiah 43:10.
d. with infinitive & לְ, יבין לָדָֽעַת Isaiah 32:4
3. observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider (with attention): —
a. accusative Deuteronomy 32:7; Psalm 5:2; Psalm 50:22; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 94:8; Proverbs 23:1; Proverbs 21:29 (Qr) Daniel 9:2; Daniel 10:1.
b. with לְ, Psalm 73:17; Psalm 139:2; Deuteronomy 32:29.
c. with בְּ, Ezra 8:15; Nehemiah 13:7; Daniel 9:23.
d. with אל, Psalm 28:5.
e. with עַל, Daniel 11:30, 37.
4. have discernment, insight, understanding Jeremiah 49:7.
Niph. נְבֻנוֺתִי Isaiah 10:12; Participle נָבוֺן Genesis 41:33 + 15 times; plural נְבוֺנִים Jeremiah 4:22, elsewhere נְבֹנִים Deuteronomy 1:13; Isaiah 5:22 (Baer) Ecclesiastes 9:11; נְבֹנָיו Isaiah 29:14; be intelligent, discreet, discerning, have understanding 1 Samuel 16:18; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 14:6; Proverbs 16:21; Proverbs 17:28; Proverbs 19:25; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 3:3; Isaiah 5:21; Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 4:22; Hosea 14:10; לֵב נָבוֺן intelligent mind Proverbs 14:33; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 18:15; נָבוֺן וְחָכָם Genesis 41:33, 39; חכם ונבון Deuteronomy 4:6; 1 Kings 3:12; חכמים ונבנים Deuteronomy 1:13.
Po. יְבוֺנְַנֵהוּ he attentively considereth him Deuteronomy 32:10.
Hiph. Perfect הֵבִין Job 28:33 + 5 times; Imperfect יָבִין Isaiah 28:9 + 4 times; וַיָּבֶן 2 Chronicles 11:23; Daniel 9:22; Infinitive הָבִין Psalm 32:9 + 9 times; Imperative הָבֵן Daniel 8:16 + 12 times; Participle מֵבִין Proverbs 28:7 + 26 times; —
1. understand: —
a. absolute Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 40:21; Isaiah 56:11; 1 Kings 3:11; Psalm 32:9; Daniel 8:17; Daniel 10:12.
b. accusative 1 Chronicles 28:9; Job 28:23; Proverbs 1:2, 6; Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 14:8; Isaiah 28:19; Daniel 8:23; Micah 4:12; מֵבִין one with understanding Proverbs 8:9; Proverbs 17:10, 24; Proverbs 28:2, 7, 11; מְבִינֵי מַדָּע Daniel 1:4; able to understand (i.e. old enough) Nehemiah 8:3; Nehemiah 10:29, compare Nehemiah 8:2 (followed by לִשׁמֹעַ).
2. give heed to, attend to, observe, discern, absolute Isaiah 57:1; 2 Chronicles 11:23; Daniel 8:5; with בְּ Nehemiah 8:12; Daniel 9:23; Daniel 10:11; מֵבִין בְּ skilled in 2 Chronicles 26:5; 34:12; with אֶל Psalm 33:15; בין טוב לרע 1 Kings 3:9.
3. give understanding make understand, teach: —
a. absolute Daniel 8:27; Daniel 9:22.
b. with accusative of person Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:73; Psalm 119:125; Psalm 119:130; Psalm 119:144; Psalm 119:169; Job 32:8; Nehemiah 8:7, 9; Isaiah 40:14.
c. with לְ person H4000 2 Chronicles 35:3; Daniel 11:33; with לְ person & accusative of thing Job 6:24; Daniel 8:16.
d. בְּ of thing Nehemiah 8:8, + accusative of person Daniel 1:17.
e. double accusative Isaiah 28:9; Psalm 119:27; Daniel 10:14; מֵבִין teacher 1 Chronicles 15:22; 1 Chronicles 25:7, 8; 1 Chronicles 27:32; Ezra 8:16.
Hithp. Perfect הִתְבּוֺנָ֑ן Isaiah 1:3 + 6 times; Imperfect אֶתְבּוֺנֵן Job 23:15 + 3 times; אֶתְבּוֺנָ֑ן Job 32:12 + 5 times; יִתְבּוֺנְנוּ Psalm 107:43 + 2 times; יִתְבּוֺנָ֑נוּ Isaiah 14:16; Isaiah 43:18.
1. shew oneself attentive, consider diligently: —
a. absolute Job 11:11; Job 23:15; Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 2:10; Jeremiah 9:16.
b. accusative Job 37:14; Psalm 107:43; Psalm 119:95; Isaiah 43:18; Isaiah 52:15.
c. with אֶל 1 Kings 3:21; Isaiah 14:16.
d. with עַל Job 31:1; Psalm 37:10
e. with עד Job 32:12; Job 38:18.
f. with בְּ Job 30:20; Jeremiah 23:20 (= Jeremiah 30:24).
2. get understanding, understand Job 26:14; Psalm 119:104.
3..shew oneself to have understanding Psalm 119:100
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:33; 41:33; 41:39

Deuteronomy

1:13; 1:13; 4:6; 32:7; 32:7; 32:10; 32:29

1 Samuel

3:8; 3:8; 16:18

2 Samuel

12:19

1 Kings

3:9; 3:11; 3:12; 3:21

1 Chronicles

15:22; 25:7; 25:8; 27:32; 28:9

2 Chronicles

11:23; 11:23; 26:5; 34:12; 35:3

Ezra

8:15; 8:16

Nehemiah

8:2; 8:3; 8:7; 8:8; 8:9; 8:12; 10:29; 13:7

Job

6:24; 6:30; 9:11; 11:11; 13:1; 14:21; 15:9; 18:2; 23:5; 23:8; 23:15; 23:15; 26:14; 28:23; 30:20; 31:1; 32:8; 32:9; 32:12; 32:12; 36:29; 37:14; 38:18; 38:20; 42:3

Psalms

5:2; 5:2; 19:13; 19:13; 28:5; 32:9; 32:9; 33:15; 37:10; 50:22; 58:10; 73:17; 73:17; 82:5; 92:7; 94:7; 94:8; 107:43; 107:43; 119:27; 119:34; 119:73; 119:95; 119:100; 119:104; 119:125; 119:130; 119:144; 119:169; 139:2; 139:2

Proverbs

1:2; 1:5; 1:6; 2:5; 2:9; 7:7; 8:5; 8:9; 10:13; 14:6; 14:8; 14:15; 14:33; 15:14; 16:21; 17:10; 17:24; 17:28; 18:15; 19:25; 20:24; 21:29; 23:1; 23:1; 24:12; 28:2; 28:5; 28:5; 28:5; 28:7; 28:7; 28:11; 29:7; 29:19

Ecclesiastes

9:11; 9:11

Isaiah

1:3; 1:3; 3:3; 5:21; 5:22; 6:9; 6:10; 10:12; 10:13; 14:16; 14:16; 28:9; 28:9; 28:19; 29:14; 29:14; 29:16; 32:4; 40:14; 40:21; 43:10; 43:18; 43:18; 44:18; 52:15; 56:11; 57:1

Jeremiah

2:10; 4:22; 4:22; 9:11; 9:11; 9:16; 23:20; 30:24; 49:7; 49:7

Daniel

1:4; 1:17; 8:5; 8:16; 8:16; 8:17; 8:23; 8:27; 9:2; 9:2; 9:22; 9:22; 9:23; 9:23; 9:23; 10:1; 10:1; 10:11; 10:12; 10:14; 11:30; 11:33; 11:37; 12:8; 12:10

Hosea

4:14

Micah

4:12

H995

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Strong's Number H995 matches the Hebrew בִּין (bîn),
which occurs 171 times in 162 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 41:33–Job 32:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6 - So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7 - Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:29 - If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - And for the third time the Lord said Samuel's name. And he got up and went to Eli and said, Here am I; for you certainly said my name. Then it was clear to Eli that the voice which had said the child's name was the Lord's.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:19 - But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:11 - And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:12 - I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was master of the music: he gave directions about the song, because he was expert.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 - Now Jonathan, David's father's brother, expert in discussion, and a man of good sense, was a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni, had the care of the king's sons;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9 - And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23 - And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5 - He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the Lord your God and his people Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:16 - Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2 - And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:7 - And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:8 - And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - And I came to Jerusalem; and it was clear to me what evil Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in making ready for him a room in the buildings of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:24 - Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1 - Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:9 - What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:2 - How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:5 - I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:15 - For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:14 - See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:23 - God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20 - You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:1 - I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:8 - But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:9 - It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

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