King James Version
Psalms 139:19 in the King James Version says “Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 139 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.”
Psalms 139:19 · KJV
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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
“men”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“from me therefore ye bloody”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
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