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Lexicon :: Strong's H410 - 'ēl

Aa
אֵל
Transliteration
'ēl
Pronunciation
ale
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Shortened from אַיִל (H352)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 93a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵל ʼêl, ale; shortened from H352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):—God (god), × goodly, × great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x

The KJV translates Strong's H410 in the following manner: God (213x), god (16x), power (4x), mighty (5x), goodly (1x), great (1x), idols (1x), Immanuel (with H6005) (2x), might (1x), strong (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x
The KJV translates Strong's H410 in the following manner: God (213x), god (16x), power (4x), mighty (5x), goodly (1x), great (1x), idols (1x), Immanuel (with H6005) (2x), might (1x), strong (1x).

  1. god, god-like one, mighty one

    1. mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes

    2. angels

    3. god, false god, (demons, imaginations)

    4. God, the one true God, Jehovah

  2. mighty things in nature

  3. strength, power

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵל ʼêl, ale; shortened from H352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):—God (god), × goodly, × great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'
STRONGS H410: Abbreviations
II. אֵל noun masculine (also, in proper name אֶל, אֱלִי; Samaritan אל, Phoenician אל, אלן (i.e. probably אֵלֹן), Sabean אל, DHMOr. Congr. Leiden, 1883, Assyrian ilu, Dlw; perhaps also Arabic, Aramaic compare Nöon the passage; on goddess אלת Phoenician, Palmyrene, Nabataean, Sabean (also אלהת) DHMl.c.; Arabic إِلَاهَهَ (plural إِلَاهَات) FlKl. Schr. i. 154, Assyrian Allatu Jr66, Syriac aXTXhXlAF  , compare also BaeRel 58, 90, 97, 271, 207) god, but with various subordinate applications to express idea of might; — hardly ever in prose except with defining word (adjective or genitive); its only suffix is יִ֯; —
† 1. applied to men of might and rank, אֵל גוים mighty one of the nations Ezekiel 31:11 (of Nebuchadnezzar; Greek Version of the LXX ἄρχων ἔθνων, איל some MSS. Co); אֵלִים mighty men Job 41:17 (אילים, many MSS. Di); אֵלֵי גִבּוֺרִים mighty heroes Ezekiel 32:21 (אֵילֵי MSS. Co); אֵילֵי הָאֶרֶץ Ezekiel 17:13; 2 Kings 24:15 (Kt אולי); אֵילִים Exodus 15:15 (probably plural of III. אַיִל, which see) These readings are uncertain because of an effort to distinguish these forms from the divine name. אֵל גִּבּוֺר mighty hero (as above) ordivine hero (as reflecting the divine majesty) Isaiah 9:6.
†2. angels, בְּנֵי אֵלִים Psalm 29:1; Psalm 89:7 = בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים.
†3. gods of the nations, אֵל אֵלִים God of gods, supreme God Daniel 11:36; מִי כָמֹכָה בָּאֵלִם who is like thee among the gods Exodus 15:11; idols Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 44:10, 15, 17; Isaiah 46:6; מי אל בשמים what God in heaven Deuteronomy 3:24; אֵל אחר another god Exodus 34:14 (J); אֵל זר foreign god Psalm 44:21; Psalm 81:10; אל נכר Deuteronomy 32:12; Malachi 2:11; Psalm 81:10.
†4. H1286 El proper name אל ברית El Berith Judges 9:46 (= בעל ברית Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4) compare also 6 (f) below.
†5. as characterizing mighty things in nature, חררי אל mighty mountains Psalm 36:7 (literally mountains of El); also Psalm 50:10 Ol Bi Che see below II. אלף; ארזי אל mighty cedars Psalm 80:11; כוכבי אל lofty stars Isaiah 14:13.
6. God217, the one only and true God of Israel:
(a) הָאֵל the God, the true God Genesis 31:13; Genesis 35:1, 3; Genesis 46:3 (E) 2 Samuel 22:31, 33, 48 (= Psalm 18:31; Psalm 18:33; Psalm 18:48) Psalm 68:20; Psalm 68:21; Psalm 77:15; הָאֵל הַנֶּאֱמָן the faithful God Deuteronomy 7:9; האל הגדול the great God Deuteronomy 10:17 = Jeremiah 32:18; Daniel 9:4; Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; האל הקדשׁ the holy God Isaiah 5:17; האל יהוה the God Yahweh Isaiah 42:5; Psalm 85:9.
(b) אֵלִי my God Exodus 15:2 (poetry) Psalm 18:3; Psalm 22:2 (twice in verse); Psalm 22:11; Psalm 63:2; Psalm 68:25; Psalm 89:27; Psalm 102:25; Psalm 118:28; Psalm 140:7; Isaiah 44:17.
(c) construct אל בית אל the God of Bethel, who had his seat there [H416 Genesis 35:7] (E); אל אביך God of thy fathers Genesis 49:25 (poetry); אל ישראל Psalm 68:36; אל יעקב Psalm 146:5; אל השמים the God of heaven Psalm 136:26; אל סלעי the God who is my rock Psalm 42:10; אל שמחת גילי the God who is the joy of my exultation Psalm 43:4; אֵל רֳאִי the God who lets himself be seen Genesis 16:13 (J); אל הכבוד the God of glory Psalm 29:3; אל דעות the all-knowing God 1 Samuel 2:3 (poetry); אֵל עוֺלָם the everlasting God Genesis 21:33 (J); אל ישועתי Isaiah 12:2; אל חַיָּ֑י Psalm 42:9; אל אמת Psalm 31:6 = אל אֱמוּנָה Deuteronomy 32:4 (poetry); אל נקמות Psalm 94:1 (twice in verse); אל גְּמֻלוֺת Jeremiah 51:56.
(d) אל אֶחָד one God Malachi 2:10; אל גדול a great God Deuteronomy 7:21; Psalm 77:14; Psalm 95:3; אל מסתתר a God hiding himself Isaiah 45:15; אל רחום a compassionate God Exodus 34:6 (J) Deuteronomy 4:31; Psalm 86:15; אל נשא a forgiving God Psalm 99:8; אל חַנּוּן a gracious God Nehemiah 9:31; Jonah 4:2; אל קנא a jealous God Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:14 (J) Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 5:9; Deuteronomy 6:15; Joshua 24:19 (D) = אל קנוא Nahum 1:2; אֵל חי a living God Joshua 3:10 (J) Hosea 2:1; Psalm 42:3; Psalm 84:3; אל צדיק Isaiah 45:21; לא אֵל חפץ רשע Psalm 5:5; לא אֵל Deuteronomy 32:21 (poetry) Isaiah 31:3; Ezekiel 28:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 28:9; מי אל כמוךָ Micah 7:18 (compare Exodus 15:11).
(e) God (the only true God, needing no article or predicate to define him) Numbers 12:13 (E read אַל Di) always in poetry, Job 5:8 + (55 times Job), Psalm 7:12; Psalm 10:11, 12; Psalm 16:1; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 19:1; Psalm 52:3, 7; Psalm 55:20; Psalm 57:3; Psalm 73:11, 17; Psalm 74:8; Psalm 77:10; Psalm 78:7, 8, 18, 19, 34, 41; Psalm 82:1; Psalm 83:2; Psalm 90:2; Psalm 104:21; Psalm 106:14, 21; Psalm 107:11; Psalm 118:27; Psalm 139:17, 23; Psalm 149:6; Psalm 150:1; Isaiah 40:18; Isaiah 43:12; Isaiah 45:14, 20; Isaiah 46:9; Lamentations 3:41; Hosea 11:9; Hosea 12:1; Malachi 1:9; עִמָּנוּאל God is with us, as name of child in prediction Isaiah 7:14; compare Isaiah 8:8, 10.
(f) El, a divine name אל אלהי ישראל [H415 Genesis 33:20] (E); אל אלהי הרוחות Numbers 16:22 (P = יהוה אלהי הרוחות Numbers 27:16); אל אלהים יהוה Joshua 22:22 (P) Psalm 50:1. This is probable also in the ancient poems, Numbers 23:8, 19, 22, 23; Numbers 24:4, 8, 16, 23 (poetry Balaam || שדּי & עליון) Deuteronomy 32:18; Deuteronomy 33:26 (poetry Moses || צוּר & אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם) 2 Samuel 22:32; 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry David || צוּר) and in the combinations אל עליון (5 times; see עליון) & אל שדּי (10 times; see שַׁדַּי).
†7. אֵל strength, power (on connection with I. אָלָה compare Di Genesis 1:1; Genesis 31:29) in יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדִי it is according to the power of my hand = it is in my power, etc. Genesis 31:29 (E; followed by לְ + Infinitive); בִּהְיוֺת לְאֵל יָדְ֯יךָ Proverbs 3:27 (followed by id.); יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדָם Micah 2:1; (absolute); negative וְאֵין לְאֵל יָדֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 28:32 (absolute) = thou shalt be powerless, so Nehemiah 5:5. **See also BrockZAW xxvi (1906). 29 ff. (meaning 'might' very dubious: renders belongs to the god of (my) hand, supposing phrase a survival, with original meaning forgotten, of ancient idea, found also among other nations, of spirits conferring powers upon particular members of body).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:1; 16:13; 21:33; 31:13; 31:29; 31:29; 35:1; 35:3; 46:3; 49:25

Exodus

15:2; 15:11; 15:11; 15:15; 20:5; 34:6; 34:14; 34:14

Numbers

12:13; 16:22; 23:8; 23:19; 23:22; 23:23; 24:4; 24:8; 24:16; 24:23; 27:16

Deuteronomy

3:24; 4:24; 4:31; 5:9; 6:15; 7:9; 7:21; 10:17; 28:32; 32:4; 32:12; 32:18; 32:21; 33:26

Joshua

3:10; 22:22; 24:19

Judges

8:33; 9:4; 9:46

1 Samuel

2:3

2 Samuel

22:31; 22:32; 22:33; 22:48; 23:5

2 Kings

24:15

Nehemiah

1:5; 5:5; 9:31; 9:32

Job

5:8; 41:17

Psalms

5:5; 7:12; 10:11; 10:12; 16:1; 17:6; 18:3; 18:31; 18:33; 18:48; 19:1; 22:2; 22:11; 29:1; 29:3; 31:6; 36:7; 42:3; 42:9; 42:10; 43:4; 44:21; 50:1; 50:10; 52:3; 52:7; 55:20; 57:3; 63:2; 68:20; 68:21; 68:25; 73:11; 73:17; 74:8; 77:10; 77:14; 77:15; 78:7; 78:8; 78:18; 78:19; 78:34; 78:41; 80:11; 81:10; 81:10; 82:1; 83:2; 84:3; 85:9; 86:15; 89:7; 89:27; 90:2; 94:1; 95:3; 99:8; 102:25; 104:21; 106:14; 106:21; 107:11; 118:27; 118:28; 136:26; 139:17; 139:23; 140:7; 146:5; 149:6; 150:1

Proverbs

3:27

Isaiah

5:17; 7:14; 8:8; 8:10; 9:6; 12:2; 14:13; 31:3; 40:18; 42:5; 43:10; 43:12; 44:10; 44:15; 44:17; 44:17; 45:14; 45:15; 45:20; 45:21; 46:6; 46:9

Jeremiah

32:18; 51:56

Lamentations

3:41

Ezekiel

17:13; 28:2; 28:9; 31:11; 32:21

Daniel

9:4; 11:36

Hosea

2:1; 11:9; 12:1

Jonah

4:2

Micah

2:1; 7:18

Nahum

1:2

Malachi

1:9; 2:10; 2:11

H410

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Strong's Number H410 matches the Hebrew אֵל ('ēl),
which occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 5 (Jos 22:22–Job 33:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:22 - “The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, He knows, and let Israel itself know—if it is in rebellion, or if in treachery against the LORD, do not save us this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 - But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the LORD, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - Now when all the men of the tower of Shechem had heard that, they entered the stronghold of the temple of the god Berith.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3 - “Talk no more so very proudly;
Let no arrogance come from your mouth,
For the LORD is the God of knowledge;
And by Him actions are weighed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - So Joab returned from pursuing Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 - As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of the LORD is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:32 - “For who is God, except the LORD?
And who is a rock, except our God?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:33 - God is my strength and power,[fn]
And He makes my[fn] way perfect.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48 - It is God who avenges me,
And subdues the peoples under me;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:5 - “Although my house is not so with God,
Yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant,
Ordered in all things and secure.
For this is all my salvation and all my desire;
Will He not make it increase?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - And I said: “I pray, LORD God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You[fn] and observe Your[fn] commandments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5 - “Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 - Nevertheless in Your great mercy
You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them;
For You are God, gracious and merciful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 - “Now therefore, our God,
The great, the mighty, and awesome God,
Who keeps covenant and mercy:
Do not let all the trouble seem small before You
That has come upon us,
Our kings and our princes,
Our priests and our prophets,
Our fathers and on all Your people,
From the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:8 - “But as for me, I would seek God,
And to God I would commit my cause—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:3 - Does God subvert judgment?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:5 - If you would earnestly seek God
And make your supplication to the Almighty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - Behold, God will not cast away the blameless,
Nor will He uphold the evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:2 - “Truly I know it is so,
But how can a man be righteous before God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:7 - Will you speak wickedly for God,
And talk deceitfully for Him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:8 - Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4 - Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain prayer before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:11 - Are the consolations of God too small for you,
And the word spoken gently[fn] with you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:13 - That you turn your spirit against God,
And let such words go out of your mouth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:25 - For he stretches out his hand against God,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:11 - God has delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:21 - Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:22 - Why do you persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - He swallows down riches
And vomits them up again;
God casts them out of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29 - This is the portion from God for a wicked man,
The heritage appointed to him by God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22 - “Can anyone teach God knowledge,
Since He judges those on high?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:2 - “Can a man be profitable to God,
Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:13 - And you say, ‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the deep darkness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:17 - They said to God, ‘Depart from us!
What can the Almighty do to them?’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:16 - For God made my heart weak,
And the Almighty terrifies me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:4 - How then can man be righteous before God?
Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:2 - “As God lives, who has taken away my justice,
And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:9 - Will God hear his cry
When trouble comes upon him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:11 - “I will teach you about the hand of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:13 - “This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:14 - What then shall I do when God rises up?
When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:23 - For destruction from God is a terror to me,
And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:28 - This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment,
For I would have denied God who is above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:13 - Lest you say,
‘We have found wisdom’;
God will vanquish him, not man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:4 - The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - Truly I am as your spokesman[fn] before God;
I also have been formed out of clay.

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