King James Version
Proverbs 7:15 in the King James Version says “Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.”
Proverbs 7:15 · KJV
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.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“Therefore came I forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“to meet”
H7125an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
“thee diligently to seek”
H7836properly, to dawn, i.e., (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking
“thy 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 I have found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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