King James Version
Daniel 9:8 in the King James Version says “O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned agai...” — study this verse from Daniel chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.”
Daniel 9:8 · KJV
Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. belongeth: or, thou hast
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to us belongeth confusion”
H1322shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
“of face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“and to our fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“because we have sinned”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
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