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- verb rare Past participle of
withhold
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13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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It is an appalling combination and you have to check to make sure it is withholden, even though the result is inauthentic.
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Preparation of Spirit; and I wot that none had ever gone forth into the Darkness, so long withholden from that which doth weaken and taint the spirit.
The Night Land 2007
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And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
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Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
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Chapter 42 1. Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 2. I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
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Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
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Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
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Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment
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Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
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