King James Version
Psalms 27:10 in the King James Version says “When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. take: Heb. gather me” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. take: Heb. gather me”
Psalms 27:10 · KJV
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. When: or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face, etc
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. take: Heb. gather me
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. a plain: Heb. a way of plainness mine: Heb. those which observe me
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“When my father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“and my mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
“me then the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“will take me up”
H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
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