UNCER'TAINTY, n.
1. doubtfulness dubiousness. The truth is not ascertained the latest accounts have not removed the uncertainty.
2. Want of certainty want of precision as the uncertainty of the signification of words.
3. Contingency.
Steadfastly grasping the greatest and most slippery uncertainties.
4. Something unknown.
Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a certainty for an uncertainty.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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