King James Version
Psalms 141:10 in the King James Version says “Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. escape: Heb. pass over” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 141 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. escape: Heb. pass over”
Psalms 141:10 · KJV
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. leave: Heb. make not my soul bare
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. escape: Heb. pass over
KJV Study — Public Domain
“fall”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“escape”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
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