King James Version
Psalms 109:10 in the King James Version says “Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 109 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.”
Psalms 109:10 · KJV
Let his days be few; and let another take his office. office: or, charge
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“be continually”
H5128to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
“be continually”
H5128to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
“Let his children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“let them seek”
H1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
“their bread also out of their desolate places”
H2723properly, drought, i.e., (by implication) a desolation
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