King James Version
Psalms 115:16 in the King James Version says “The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 115 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.”
Psalms 115:16 · KJV
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“The heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“are the LORD'S”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“hath he given”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“to the 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
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