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Figures of Speech Used in the Bible: Explained and Illustrated is unavailable, but you can change that!

Public Domain E. W. Bullinger describes 217 figures of speech, each with etymology, descriptions, and citations from the Bible. Nearly 8000 biblical passages are cited.

Num. 23:10.—“Let my soul die the death of the righteous”: i.e., let me die, as in A.V. See the margin. Judges 16:30.—“And Samson said, Let my soul (i.e., me, as in A.V., see margin) die with the Philistines.” Job 36:14.—“Their soul dieth (i.e., they die, as in A.V.) in youth.” Ps. 3:2 (3).—“Many there be which say of my soul (i.e., of me), There is no help for him in his God.” So Ps. 11:1. Ps.