~ as though they ~ 10_2SA_04_06  And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth [rib], and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. #, 18_JOB_39_16  She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers, her labour is in vain without fear; #, 31_OBA_01_16  For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, [so] shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. #, 44_ACT_23_20  And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly. #, 44_ACT_27_30  And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, #, 45_ROM_04_17  (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. #, 46_1CO_07_29  But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short, it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; #, 46_1CO_07_30  And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; #,