King James Version
Proverbs 7:14 in the King James Version says “I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. I have: Heb. Peace offerings are upon me” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. I have: Heb. Peace offerings are upon me”
Proverbs 7:14 · KJV
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, with: Heb. she strengthened her face and said
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. I have: Heb. Peace offerings are upon me
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
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“offerings”
H2077properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“with me 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
“have I payed”
H7999to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
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