King James Version
Psalms 38:19 in the King James Version says “But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. are lively: Heb. bein...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. are lively: Heb. being living, are strong”
Psalms 38:19 · KJV
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. to halt: Heb. for halting
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. are lively: Heb. being living, are strong
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“are lively”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“and they are strong”
H6105to bind fast, i.e., close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones
“are multiplied”
H7231properly, to cast together , i.e., increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad
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