King James Version
Psalms 21:11 in the King James Version says “For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.”
Psalms 21:11 · KJV
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. shalt thou: or, thou shalt set them as a butt back: Heb. shoulder
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For they intended”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“against thee they imagined”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
“a mischievous device”
H4209a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
“which they are not able”
H3201to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
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