King James Version
Proverbs 3:26 in the King James Version says “For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.”
Proverbs 3:26 · KJV
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. them: Heb. the owners thereof
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall be thy confidence”
H3689properly, fatness, i.e., by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness o
“and shall keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“thy foot”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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