Topic
Uncertain; Uncertainty
5 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Wisdom of Solomon 9:14ISBE
For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain.
- 2 Maccabees 7:34ISBE
But thou, O godless man, and of all other most wicked, be not lifted up without a cause, nor puffed up with uncertain hopes, lifting up thy hand against the servants of God:
- 1 Corinthians 9:26ISBE
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
- 1 Corinthians 14:8ISBE
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
- 1 Timothy 6:17ISBE
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
un-sur'-tin,un-sur'-tin-ti: Adjective adelos, 2 Macc 7:34; 1Co 14:8; adverb adelos, 1Co 9:26; noun adelotes, 1Ti 6:17; adelos means "not clear," and so "uncertain." Also the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 9:14 for episphales, "unsteady," the Revised Version (British and American) "prone to fall."
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.