King James Version
Psalms 106:33 in the King James Version says “Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 106 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.”
Psalms 106:33 · KJV
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
They angered him also at the waters of strife , so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“Because they provoked”
H4784to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“with his lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
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