King James Version
Psalms 35:11 in the King James Version says “False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. False: Heb. Witnesses of wrong they: Heb. th...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. False: Heb. Witnesses of wrong they: Heb. they asked me”
Psalms 35:11 · KJV
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. False: Heb. Witnesses of wrong they: Heb. they asked me
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. spoiling: Heb. depriving
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. humbled: or, afflicted
KJV Study — Public Domain
“did rise up”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“witnesses”
H5707concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“things that I knew”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“they laid to my charge”
H7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
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