King James Version
Psalms 35:7 in the King James Version says “For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.”
Psalms 35:7 · KJV
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. dark: Heb. darkness and slipperiness
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Let destruction come upon him at unawares ; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. at: Heb. which he knoweth not of
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
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 my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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