King James Version
Psalms 107:18 in the King James Version says “Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 107 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.”
Psalms 107:18 · KJV
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Their soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“and they draw near”
H5060properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“of death”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
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