King James Version
Psalms 106:41 in the King James Version says “And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 106 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.”
Psalms 106:41 · KJV
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. brought: or, impoverished, or, weakened
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he gave”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“them into the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“of the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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