5 occurrences in 5 translations

'Delays' in the Bible

though he savors it and delays swallowing it so he can taste it again and again in his mouth,

Verse ConceptsEvil Desires

And the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many nations, like dew from Yahweh, like showers upon the grass which does not wait for a man, nor delays for the children of humankind.

Verse ConceptsdewGrassSon Of ManShowersLack Of ExpectationSurvivors Favoured

But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,

Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordSoliloquyNot Serving God

But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,

Verse ConceptsGluttonydrinking, abstention fromSoliloquyEating And Drinkingdrunkards

Bible Theasaurus

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