woe unto

woe unto
woe unto
1. Calamity will befall
2. May calamity befall
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  • Woe unto you, lawyers, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge. — Woe unto you, lawyers, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge. Woe unto you, lawyers, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge. The Bible, Luke 11:52 Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …   Law dictionary

  • Woe — Woe, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w[=a], interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. w[=e], G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve, Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. ?. [root]128. Cf. {Wail}.] [Formerly written also {wo}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Grief; sorrow; misery;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Woe worth — Woe Woe, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w[=a], interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. w[=e], G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve, Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. ?. [root]128. Cf. {Wail}.] [Formerly written also {wo}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Grief; sorrow; misery;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • woe is me — Meaning Origin This occurs in the the Bible, Old Testament in Job 10:15 in the form woe unto me . Job is one of the oldest books in the Old Testament, which dates from about 1200BC, making the phrase in the original language 3,200 years old. The… …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • wo — Woe Woe, n. [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. w[=a], interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. w[=e], G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve, Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. ?. [root]128. Cf. {Wail}.] [Formerly written also {wo}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Grief; sorrow; misery;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Matthew 23 — 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.… …   The King James version of the Bible

  • Luke 11 — 1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in… …   The King James version of the Bible

  • Al-Mutaffifin — ←  Sura 83 of the Qur an  → سورة المطففين Sūrat al Muṭaffifīn Defrauding Arabic text · Translations Classification …   Wikipedia

  • Isaiah 5 — 1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a… …   The King James version of the Bible

  • Luke 6 — 1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that …   The King James version of the Bible

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