King James Version
Psalms 132:3 in the King James Version says “Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed ;” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 132 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed ;”
Psalms 132:3 · KJV
A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:
How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed ;
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. an habitation: Heb. habitations
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“of my house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“nor go up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
spread, i.e., a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e., wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)
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