King James Version
Psalms 41:8 in the King James Version says “An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. An: Heb. A thing of B...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. An: Heb. A thing of Belial”
Psalms 41:8 · KJV
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. my: Heb. evil to me
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. An: Heb. A thing of Belial
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. mine: Heb. the man of my peace lifted: Heb. magnified
But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“disease”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“An evil”
H1100without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
“say they cleaveth fast”
H3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“unto him and now that he lieth”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“he shall rise up”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
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