King James Version
Psalms 129:5 in the King James Version says “Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 129 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.”
Psalms 129:5 · KJV
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows .
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let them all be confounded”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
“and turned”
H5472properly, to flinch, i.e., (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
“back”
H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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