King James Version
Psalms 36:12 in the King James Version says “There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.”
Psalms 36:12 · KJV
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. continue: Heb. draw out at length
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“fallen”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“There are the workers”
H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
“of iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and shall not be able”
H3201to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
“to rise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
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