King James Version
Psalms 139:4 in the King James Version says “For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 139 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.”
Psalms 139:4 · KJV
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. compassest: or, winnowest
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“in my tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
“but lo O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“thou knowest”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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