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Job 24

Job 24:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He draweth
mashak (Hebrew #4900)
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
KJV usage: draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, X give, handle, make (pro-, sound)long, X sow, scatter, stretch out.
Pronounce: maw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root
also the mighty
'abbiyr (Hebrew #47)
for 46; --angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.
Pronounce: ab-beer'
with his power
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
: he riseth up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
, ζand no man is sure
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
of life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
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or, he trusteth not his own life.

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Esther 3:8‑10• 8And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it [is] not for the king's profit to suffer them.
 9If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king's business, to bring [it] into the king's treasuries.
 10And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. (Esther 3:8‑10)
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Dan. 6:4‑9• 4Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel with respect to the kingdom; but they could not find any pretext or fault; inasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
 5Then said these men, We shall not find any pretext against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
 6Then these presidents and satraps came in a body to the king, and said thus unto him: King Darius, live forever!
 7All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
 8Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.
 9Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. (Dan. 6:4‑9)
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John 19:12‑16• 12From this [time] Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews kept crying, saying, If thou wilt release this [man], thou art not a friend of Caesar: every one that maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
 13Pilate then, having heard these words, led Jesus out and sat down on [the] judgment seat at a place called Pavement, but in Hebrew Gabbatha.
 14Now it was [the] preparation of the Passover; it was about sixth hour. And he saith to the Jews, Behold, your king.
 15They cried therefore, Away with [him], away with [him]; crucify him. Pilate saith to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
 16Then therefore he delivered him up to them that he might be crucified. They took then Jesus [and led (him) away]; (John 19:12‑16)
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Rev. 16:13‑14• 13And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits as frogs.
 14For they are spirits of demons working signs, who go forth unto the kings of the whole habitable world to gather them together unto the war of [that] great day of God the Almighty. (Rev. 16:13‑14)
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Rev. 17:2• 2with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those that inhabit the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (Rev. 17:2)
no man is sure of life.
or, he trusteth not his own life.
• God seemingly their protector (vers. 22-25). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• Job concludes with another feature of this awful anomaly. God seems to be on the side of the ungodly, preserving them by His almighty power when they might have been smitten down: “He preserveth the mighty by His strength; such an one rises again, though he despaired of life” (ver. 22). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he hath drawn the mighty by his power,{HR}He riseth, and none believeth in life.