King James Version
Psalms 139:20 in the King James Version says “For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 139 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.”
Psalms 139:20 · KJV
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?
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“against thee wickedly”
H4209a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
“take”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“thy name in vain”
H7723evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object
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