King James Version
Proverbs 22:19 in the King James Version says “That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. even: or, trust thou also” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. even: or, trust thou also”
Proverbs 22:19 · KJV
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. within: Heb. in thy belly
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. even: or, trust thou also
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? to them: or, to those that send thee?
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“may be in the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“That thy trust”
H4009properly, a refuge, i.e., (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
“I have made known”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“to thee this day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
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