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Job 23

Job 23:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My foot
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
hath held
'achaz (Hebrew #270)
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
KJV usage: + be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Pronounce: aw-khaz'
Origin: a primitive root
his steps
'ashur (Hebrew #838)
from 833 in the sense of going; a step
KJV usage: going, step.
Pronounce: aw-shoor'
Origin: or ashshur {ash-shoor'}
, his way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
have I kept
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and not declined
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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My foot.
1 Sam. 12:2‑5• 2And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
3{i}Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.{/i}
4{i}And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, and thou hast not injured us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand{/i}.
5And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they answered, He is witness
(1 Sam. 12:2‑5)
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Psa. 18:20‑24• 20Jehovah recompenseth me according to my righteousness;{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands he requiteth me.
21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah{HR}And have not acted wickedly against my God.
22For all his judgments [are] before me,{HR}And his statutes I will not put away from me.
23And I am upright before him{HR}And keep myself from mine iniquity.
24And Jehovah requiteth me according to my righteousness,{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
(Psa. 18:20‑24)
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Psa. 44:18• 18Our heart hath not turned backward,{HR}Nor hath our step declined from thy path. (Psa. 44:18)
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Acts 20:18‑19,33‑34• 18And when they were come to him, he said to them, Ye know from the first day that I came to Asia how I was with you all the time
19serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and tears, and temptations, which befell me by the plots of the Jews;
33I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel;
34yea, yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those that were with me.
(Acts 20:18‑19,33‑34)
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2 Cor. 1:12• 12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience that in holiness f and sincerity before God, not in carnal wisdom but in God's grace, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)
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1 Thess. 2:10• 10Ye [are] witnesses, and God, how holily and righteously and blamelessly we behaved ourselves to you that believe; (1 Thess. 2:10)
his way.
Job 17:9• 9But the righteous shall hold on his way,{HR}And the clean of hands increase in strength. (Job 17:9)
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Psa. 36:3• 3The words of his mouth [are] falsehood and deceit;{HR}He hath left off to be wise, to do well. (Psa. 36:3)
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Psa. 125:5• 5But those that turn to crooked ways{HR}Will Jehovah lead forth with the workers of iniquity.{HR}Peace [be] upon Israel. (Psa. 125:5)
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Zeph. 1:6• 6And them that are turned back from Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired for him. (Zeph. 1:6)
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Luke 8:13‑15• 13{i}But those upon the rock, those who{/i} when they hear, receive the Word with joy, but having no root they believe only for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.
14{i}But that that fell where the thorns were, these are they who{/i} having heard, go away, and are choked under the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
15{i}But{/i} that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
(Luke 8:13‑15)
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Rom. 2:7• 7to those that with patience in good work seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life; (Rom. 2:7)
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2 Peter 2:20‑22• 20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but again entangled and worsted thereby, the last for them is become worse than the first.
21For it were better for them not to have known well the way of righteousness than knowing well to have turned back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22[But] there hath happened to them the [saying] of the true proverb, A dog returned to his own vomit, and A sow washed into rolling in mire.
(2 Peter 2:20‑22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.

W. Kelly Translation

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To his step my foot hath held,{HR}His way have I kept, and not turned aside: