King James Version
Psalms 109:12 in the King James Version says “Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 109 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.”
Psalms 109:12 · KJV
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.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Let there be none to extend”
H4900to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
“mercy”
H2617kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“unto him neither let there be any to favour”
H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e., move to favor by petition)
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