King James Version
Psalms 139:24 in the King James Version says “And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. wicked: Heb. way of pain, or, grief” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 139 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. wicked: Heb. way of pain, or, grief”
Psalms 139:24 · KJV
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. wicked: Heb. way of pain, or, grief
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“And see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“me in the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“in me and lead”
H5148to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
“me in the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“everlasting”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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