King James Version
Psalms 46:4 in the King James Version says “There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most Hig...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.”
Psalms 46:4 · KJV
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; midst: Heb. heart of the seas
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. and: Heb. when the morning appeareth
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“There is a river”
H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
“whereof shall make glad”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
“the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“the holy”
H6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
“place of the tabernacles”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
“of the most High”
H5945an elevation, i.e., (adjectively) lofty (comparatively); as title, the supreme
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