Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
11 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “return” →
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD .
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
