King James Version
Psalms 103:16 in the King James Version says “For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. it is: Heb. it is not” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 103 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. it is: Heb. it is not”
Psalms 103:16 · KJV
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. it is: Heb. it is not
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
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 wind”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“passeth over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“thereof shall know”
H5234properly, to scrutinize, i.e., look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“it and it is gone and the place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
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