King James Version
Psalms 129:7 in the King James Version says “Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 129 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.”
Psalms 129:7 · KJV
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.
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“filleth”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
“not his hand”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
“Wherewith the mower”
H7114to dock off, i.e., curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
“nor he that bindeth sheaves”
H6014properly, apparently to heap; figuratively, to chastise (as if piling blows); to gather grain
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