King James Version
Psalms 105:22 in the King James Version says “To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 105 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.”
Psalms 105:22 · KJV
The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: substance: Heb. possession
To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“at his pleasure”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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